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Privatisation and the Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Vol. 55, Issue No. 40, 03 Oct, 2020
Vinoj Abraham, Ritika Jain

The voluntary retirement scheme of public sector enterprises is built on the narrative of overstaffing and inefficiency. With Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited being the latest to announce a massive VRS, this article examines the path that led to this package. It argues that it is one of the instruments through which labour flexibility is ushered in public sector enterprises, which often end in privatisation. It also discusses the crucial role that BSNL could take up by virtually connecting the physically distanced in the resistance against the ongoing pandemic.

Social Implications of Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Vol. 36, Issue No. 52, 29 Dec, 2001
Myrtle A Barse

The impact of voluntary retirement schemes has had wide-ranging impact on the nature of employment, and is changing the quality of workers' lives. One of the effects is the increasing casualisation of labour. This article examines the nature of change in the quality of life among workers who have accepted VRS, locating some of the problems in the context of the employers' attitude to VRS.

Leadership in Banking

Vol. 36, Issue No. 32, 11 Aug, 2001
P N Joshi

Public sector banks may have succeeded in shedding the excess flab of their workforce, but the malaise lies deeper in the upper echelons of administration. More often than not, chairmen are ill-equipped to meet radical demands of a techno-rich age, and move jobs too quickly to bring about long-lasting change.

VRS Story

Vol. 36, Issue No. 03, 20 Jan, 2001

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