Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the reforms, including opening some sectors to private and foreign investment, are needed to boost growth. Impact of the strike on public life was mixed across the country. Public transport has been partially hit with very few state-run buses on the roads.
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Manjunath, general secretary of the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation, said that both BMTC and KSRTC employees would strike work. But mining operations were affected. However, the water and electricity supply was not affected across the state.
According to Venkatachalam, 26 lakh cheques accounting for ₹19,000 crore were not cleared due to the strike. Bus and train services were operated as usual while shops and business establishments remained open.
However, the strike would not impact taxis, cabs, rail and flight services as workers there have not served any strike notice. Besides government buses, autorickshaws, lorries and private buses would stay off the roads, he said. Left-ruled Tripura saw government offices, banks, schools and colleges remaining closed. “Todays strike by some trade union is totally illogical”. Society has changed much from the past when bandhs and strikes made a lot of difference and impact. The other major component to the GDP and GVA is the entire package of financial services including banking. There are other forms of protest and agitation which should be used by unions and parties to convey to the government their opposition to its policies and to inform the people of their demands and positions.
No report of loss of life or property was reported from any part of the country, the Ministry added.
“This is a ploy by the government to mislead and confuse the workers before the strike”.
“The strike was total and successful”.
Some striking workers are understood to have been detained in the industrial belt of Manesar and Gurgaon.
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Several central trade unions have called for a “Bharat Bandh”-one-day nationwide strike on Friday”. The strike was largely peaceful, although the CITU said the police used force in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. The minimum wages of a non agricultural worker have been increased and such worker is now getting 350 rupees per day in C area category, in B area category 431 rupees per day and 523 rupees per day in A area category.
