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September 18, 2001

 

PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL PSUs

 

Weaker Sections of the Society like We SC&ST Dalits are very much concerned about Govt and Govt Policies.  It is sad that some of us have started joining hands with the opponents of the concept of a good Govt.  It is extremely dangerous that some of them have also begun working with the bad elements in the Govt, to silently sabotage the Govts from within and make the Govts weak helpless and in many respect useless. For, the Common People and the Weaker Sections of the Society like SC&ST Dalits have a large stake in the Govts, Public Sector Undertakings and other Govt Autonomous Bodies like Universities.  There are many PSUs and Autonomous Bodies under the control of Central, State and Union Territory Govts. 

 

PSUs and other Govt Autonomous Bodies alone provide some Hope Employment and Opportunities for the poor and the Weakers Sections of the Society like SC&ST Dalits.  Hope for Development of Individuals and Community.  Hope for good quality Products and Services at reasonable prices and cost.  Whatever one who does not like the Govt may say, it is because of the Govt and PSUs that many things are available to us in the Country today.  And the Prices of at least most of the Essential Items are under reasonable control.  It is because of the Autonomous Institutions like the State and Central Universities that Education has become available to the Common People and deprived Sections of the Society like We SC&ST Dalits, is still within our reach and is affordable.  Some good and decent Employment for the individuals who don't get any job even with good education and other qualifications, because of a supposedly open public recruitment policies and Service Commissions for Appointments at the initial and many intermediary levels through open Direct Recruitment, or limited Direct Recruitment from within, and Appointments at Senior Levels through Promotions always on the basis of Seniority either by fitness alone, or merit or purely on handpicked selection.  Otherwise the poor and the Weak can not think of silent manipulative entries, slipping in through the backdoors, using connections, depend upon contacts, rely on some influences, resort to powerful dictates, buy their way through hefty bribes, or worm their way through honey-traps all of which have become the order of the day.  There are endless escalating demands, at present reportedly around a hundred thousand Rupees for some select Class IV and III jobs, and more than Ten Million Rupees for many senior and higher jobs.  Some Opportunities for Development opens up to the Weakers Sections of the Society like We SC&ST Dalits, because of the PSUs in the local areas. 

 

PSUs are also expected to prevent concentration of economic power in the hands of the few business men and women, and industrial houses.  For, the Business People and Industrial Houses have always been a Problem world over through out the history.  They have been generally corrupt, power hungry and go after money like wolves.  They have always been a danger to the Country and the Govts.  There are many many cases where they have undermined good Peoples' Govts for getting another pliable pro-business Anti-People Govts.  When they are not that big, they are simply a Pain on the People, or a burden on the Society.  When they grow very powerful and become Multi-National Corporations they invariably become a Threat to other Nations and the World.  This being the nature and character of all big small and medium sized private businesses, one can very well imagine what will be the impact of private business in a Developing Country like India, where hundreds and hundreds of millions have no education, no decent jobs, no regular income, no wealth, no assets, no money, no contacts, no influence, no power, no leaders, no parties, and on the top of these all are always and constantly being pushed down from above under the weight of Castes, Caste Biases, Caste Prejudices, Caste Animosities, Caste Intolerances and Caste Oppression.  Things will be very terrible.  That is the reason why the Weaker Sections of the Society like We SC&ST Dalits, OBCs and marginalised Minorities repose a very great faith hope and expectations in the Govts, PSUs and Govt Autonomous Bodies.

 

It is because of the importance of the Govts, PSUs and Govt Autonomous Bodies like Universities to the People and the Weaker Sections of the Society like We SC&ST Dalits, OBCs and marginalised Minorities that, the dominant caste hindus do not like the Govts, Govt Control, existence of PSUs and Govt Autonomous Bodies.  The DCHs are always against good Governance, liberal and open people oriented responsive Democratic Govts, and all exercises of Public Control over the private enterprises, and are opposed to the monitoring of private ventures.  It is therefore extremely dangerous that now we have allowed some of them freedom to sabotage and wreck the Govts from within.  They are out to destroy all the Govt Systems and internal mechanisms and structures of the Govts.  Their only aim is to make the Govts weak helpless and in many respect useless. Many anti-People Officials, Politicians, Business Houses, Agents of Multi-Nationals, and sadly some Trade Unions and Workers Cooperatives have been working in these directions.  The DCHs are openly against the Govts, PSUs, Autonomous Institutions.  For they are against the People and the Development of the Weaker Sections of the Society like the SC&ST Dalits, OBCs and marginalised Minorities.

 

Today the DCH Officials and Politicians, as well as their blind supporters and foolish followers from the Weaker Sections of the Society like the SC&ST Dalits, OBCs and marginalised Minorities have effectively rendered most of the Govt Departments and PSUs including the Banks and other Autonomous Institutions weak and helpless.  It is for these reasons that many of them have gone inefficient, become ineffective, are sick and loss making.  On the top of these, the DCH Officials and Politicians are making it asound as if there is no hope and future for these Institutions anymore, and that they had outlived their utility, beyond redemption and revival, can not recover or turn corner to become once again healthy and useful.  This, when it is a very well known fact that most of the private sector in the country are cheating and are indulging in big frauds.  It is well documented that the private companies are used to divert public finances, banks', insurance and financial institutions' funds into private hands.  And that most of the private concerns' have cooked up accounts to report losses even when their top officials, directors and owners are living a luxurious life at the cost of the concerns and workers.  This they do to avoid payment of taxes to the Govts, proper payment to the workers, payments to suppliers of components and raw materials, and to increase prices at regular frequent intervals and overcharge the consumers and the poor public.

 

It is pertinent to Note here that the majority in many ruling parties are vaishyas or baniyas and trading business communities.  One should always remember that there are some parties which are exclusively baniya, or brahmin-baniya combine, or depend exclusively on the baniyas for funding support existence, and to fight the corrupt ritualistic elections.  And it is for these reasons that some are too keen and over enthusiastic to hand over Govt and Public Sector Enterprises and other Autonomous Units and Institutions to the baniyas with brahmin managers and top executives, to benefit both of them.  There are also some stupid OBCs, Minorities and SC&ST Dalits who would like to do these at the behest of their brahmin-baniya masters in the Govts and the Parties, and in return for some paltry kick-backs which are big money, windfall and fortunes for them.  Here one should also recall that the entire process of undermining, ruining and winding up the Govt Units and PSUs started when Reservations in Recruitments to Govt Services and PSUs were provided to the large number of OBCs that incidentally included backward Minority Groups of SC&ST Dalit and OBC Origins. 

 

Let us now take a look at the lot of the PSUs of the Govt of India.  Most of the Central PSUs in the Country today suffer from -

 

1.         Lack of help from the GOI, except for the all familiar high sounding sermons and advice,

 

2.         GOI's usual practices of allowing things to drift without any concrete time bound action for development and progress,

 

3.         Deliberate indifference of IAS and IPS Officers in the Administrative Ministry, from the States other than the ones where the PSUs are located,

 

4.         Parochial attitudes of GOI Officers in the Administrative Ministry, against the PSUs and their CEOs,

 

5.         Frauds played by both the Administrative Ministry and PSUs in Window Dressing the Performances of the PSUs, by hiding the facts, weaknesses, shortfalls and failures, through fraudulent PROs, and Journalists who are on the regular pay-role of the PSUs, or had been purchased and or heavily bribed,

 

6.         Endless exploitation of the PSUs by the Administrative Ministry, Ministers' Offices, Ministers' themselves, MPs, MLAs, and also the PMO,

 

7.         Cheats and frauds being selected to function as CMDs, MDs, Directors or EDs,

 

8.         Rampant Corruption in the PSUs,

 

9.         Unfair Professional Ethics and Practices,

 

10.       Unjust, dishonest and non-uniform Personnel Policies,

 

11.       Irresponsible Unions,

 

12.       Senseless Workers,

 

13.       Arrogant Stupid but highly regarded 'meritorious' Officials with very low IQs and uptake, who are classified as the 'toppers',

 

14.       Lobbying and unfair Image Projection by pedestrian individuals at the top and select favorite senior managers, only help to hide facts and truth, and also leaves the good workers totally demoralized,

 

15.       Indifference of the State Govts where the PSUs are located in their performances, success, growth, expansion, development, or in the long-term Welfare of the Employees, and new or additional Employment Potentials,

 

16.       Avoidable Litigation, both in the Internal Affairs, amongst the Officials, against the Workers, and against unwanted Officials; and External Matters with clients, competitors, suppliers etc - mostly due to ill advised perceptions, ego and individual biases or arrogance or both, on the part of CEO, or some powerful top officials,

 

17.       The Traditional Animosity, to immobilize, handicap, waste and kill a section of the Human Asset - the lower level workers, particularly the SC&ST Officers and Workers.

 

 

NOTE: This is only a Preliminary Work.  Much more need to be added.  Readers are requested to provide additional points and views or relevant crucial facts, to complete the picture on the PSUs and present an holistic perspective.  The Dalit World would be extremely benefited.  And dalitindia would be highly thankful ever for these inputs and grateful to all contributors, and for their valuable suggestions and ideas.

 

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