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K'taka: AIIEA warns nation wide strike
Udupi,
Sep
13:
All
India
Insurance
Employees
Association
(AIIEA)
President
Amanulla
Khan
on
Saturday,
Sep
13
warned
that
employees
of
the
LIC
of
India
and
GIC
would
go
on
a
nationwide
token
strike
on
the
next
day
of
the
commencement
of
winter
session
of
Parliament
if
the
Centre
tables
the
proposed
Comprehensive
Insurance
Amendment
Bill
on
the
opening
day
of
the
session,
beginning
October
17.
Inaugurating a conference of the AIIEA here, he alleged that the Bill was aimed to benefit the Multi-National Corporations (MNCs).
Opposing the government decision to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent, he alleged that the economic reforms of the government were not aimed at the welfare of the commonman but for strengthening the MNCs by weakening the Public Sector Units (PSUs).
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Story first published: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 18:07 [IST]