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~Unite AgainstAdministrative Apathy Towards Fulfilling The CommitmentOf 12 July Agreement Regarding UGC Fellowship, Recognition Of Madarsa .
. Degrees, Implementation OfI Minimum Wages .
It is amatterof grave concern that JNU administration continues to display its Insensitivity to some of the key issues of 12 July agreement..Rs. 3000-5000 fellowship for research scholars: . .
JNUSUhas always maintained that the relative flexibility availablewiththe universi~~n deciding the starting cut-off date for the above mentioned fellowship be used to the maximum advantage of the research scholars,and accordinglyJNUSUsuggested that July 2005 can be assumed to be areasonable date.However, JNU administration in amost one-sided and arbitrary mannerdecidedApril2007 to be the starting date. This is aviolation of the even theminimalist interpret~tion of the UGC circularfor the fel!owship. Several central universities have been 't then JNU, which claims far greaterimportance andfunds inthe name of research, offer the.
disbursing the funds from 2006 itself. Why canfellowsh;p from an early date? In the July 12 agreement theadministrationdid agreeto explore thepossibilities of the cut-off date of the fellowship fromJuly 2005.But no stepshave been taken in this direction to re-prioritise JNU's existingfunds and askfor some compensatory funds from the UGC to fulfil this commitment. JNUSU would like to reiterate that fellowships to senior res~rch scholars at alate stage in their research must be given a greater priority 'Over the numerous completely uncalled for renovation and "beautification" drives th2t the .
administration has beenindulging infor quite some time now.JNU administration'srefu~ai to respond to this demand is amatter of serious concern to the student community and JNUSU will be forced to undertake agitative actions. .
Recognition ofMadarsa certificates in JNU. ... . .
This isanother long-standing demand for which the JNU administration,forabsolutely inexplicablereasons,continues to display insensitivity and disregard. While after the July 12 agreement Equivalence Committee hasbeenentrustedtolookinto the matter, the Committee ismost reluctant to pursue it on asystematic and speedy manner.In fact, some of the Madarsa background students who did manage to qualify theJNU entrance this year have been put in the category of "deferred admissionsvirtuallywastingacrucial year in their academic career. While the JNUSU and several academics from different universities and JNU itself had put forwerilln!ty of ~.~adarsa background students to avail admission in JNU is no longer curtailed..
I Violation Of Minimum Wages:.
I The·JNU administration has always maintained that minimum wages arepaidon this cam9usand that all legal provisions relating to labour .
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I laws are being followed. However, asustained stud&nt movement has time and again u~ed doc~rr.ents, 2rguments ar.d struggle to expose the .
falsity of this claim with regard to working and living conditions on campus. .
Under pressure, the JNU administration did come out with office orders stating ~orrect minimum wages. But this is being followed only in the case of mess workers in some privatised messes and asection of the cleaning staff. .
Even in these cases, despite some compliance to minimum wages in recent times, following the struggle~ arrears for several I' months still remain unpaid. There are still other categories of workers on campus whrrreceivc salaries pitiably less than minimum .
wage. This is particularly true for the safai karmacharis of NayaSaveraand the workers at the·Central Library directly contracted .
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upon by JNU. As earlier, outright violations continue to be faced by workers at the sprawling construction sites across campus. .
Let us pointout specifically thecase of theliQrary workers employed by Chase Detective Agency,who continue to receivearound Rs. 2500 .
I : per month. Clause 6of the contract signedbetweenthe JNU Administration and Chase Detective Agency states: ·rhe First Party shall pay tothe Second Party monthly maintenance @Rs.65, 420/-[Rupees Sixty five thousand Four Hundred twenty '· only] per month for the above mentioned work.In case of any increase of the basic mir.imumwagesduring the contract period,ordered I by the Government of the National Capital Territory, Delhi, the same shall be paid extra on productionof certifiedcopies of relevant notification issued by the Government. ..Second Party will deploy 20 staff members 2t thepremises for thejo,b every day. .
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As we have argued earlier, this agreement in itself is violative of minimum wagesas tHe stated lump sum cannotcover the payment of20 staff at the then prevalent minimum wage. However,the administration, despite its claims ofcot.>rpliCJhce rominimum wages has not yet corrected this .
nu~1o workat less than minfmum wages and under.
agreement, norhas compensated the workers as yet. On the contrary, the workerscont! threat of retrenchment. It is amatter of grave concern andshamethat such blatant violations continue despite the Rres~l!ro c!acontinuing struggle, the July 12!" agreement with JNUSU, and the formation of the Committee to look Into the workers' issue. We urge the JNU administration to stop such flagrant violation ofthe laws of the land. Such attempts will be met by renewed resistance from the student community. Sandeep, Generai ·Secretary, JNUSU .
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It is true that a lot of these prograu1n1es and legislations sound very progressive onpaper. Trouble is, they refuse to look at the fact that they are depending for their.
implementation on the supposed goodwill of lhe very classes and groups that are the cause.
of the proble1n in the first place. 'While sexual harrassment is certainly a very important.
issue, tbe strategy of delinking it fTonl other forms of oppression and its root is nothing buta.
betrayal of won1en's n1ovements. Which is what the likes of the official left does, implement.
and enforce anti-people policies, behind a rhetoric of gender sensitivity. In effect, engaging.
only with the sympton1, while actively nurturing the disease. And diverting real dissent.
through 'safe' institutionalized channels. It is time to face the fact that these channels can at.
best benefit a 1niniscule part of the elite; at worst, it becon1es complicit with the stTuctures of.
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oppression. .
GSCASH can only be made meaningful through struggle.
We need to understand clearly that institutionalised legislations cannot ever replace vibrant,unfettered social movements, inside the campus or out. Yes, the legal sphere is definitely ashpere of otrr struggle, but it is neither the only one nor the ptimary one. Even the struggle inthe legal arena is .not linuted to fights for new legislations and the setting up of newinstitutions. It is not as if bodies like GSCASH cannot be useful in our slTuggles. Only thatthey do precious little just by themselves. Point is not that they should be done away with.But made nteaningful through struggles. So, the focus has to be on building socialmovements, and any measure, no matter how progressive on paper, that prempts thepossibility of real, ground level n1ovements needs to be questioned. .
The politics of cgender sensitization'.
While visualising gender politics, we need to see how gender struggle is being replaced by.
'gender sensitisation' with it's focus on reconcilition and debate. Gender sensitisation.
l>-vorkshops, a newly celebrated phenomena, with all its support from donor agencies and.
state agencies have succesfully limited our engagement with women's oppression and thestruggles against it. Patriarchy is not simply a set of ideas, about Inasculinity and femininity,what wonten ought to do and what men ought to do. It is the systemic appropriation ofwomen's productive and reproductive capacities and sexuality. Thus, gender sensitization, incalling for the tackling of a materially situated systeu1 only on the level of ideas, obviates thenecessity of a radical restructuring of modes of production and society. So, prepostrous ideaslike programmes for gender-sensitizing the police and armed forces still hold their sway.Unfortunately, we live in a time when energies are directed not at ending the worst.
oppressions, but giving them a 'human face'. So, everyday we hear of Globalisalion.with aHuman face, of Capitalism with a Human Face or Liberalisation with a Human Face. With allthese grand ideas of gender sensitizing the armed forces, Inaybe the day is not far \Vhen wehear of Rape with a I-luman Face. .
Central Panel.
S. Veeramani (SCD) for Vice President.
Nima Lary1u Yolmo (DSU) for General Secretary.
John Thomas (SS) for Joint Secretary .
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SSS Councillors.
Ritupan Goswami (DSU), Serohi Nandan (DSU) .
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