Lok Sabha Debates
Problems Being Faced By The Workers Due To Closure Of Hindustan Photo Film ... on 18 December, 2008
> Title: Problems being faced by the workers due to closure of Hindustan Photo Film Factory. .
DR. R. SENTHIL (DHARMAPURI): Sir, the Hindustan Photo Films Factory in Ooty is a gem in the crown of Ooty, the Queen of Hills in Tamil Nadu. The Hindustan Photo Films Factory had been declared as a sick company… (Interruptions)
It is not because the films for photography, the films for X-ray and the films for radiation are not required in the country or it is not that they are not buyable. It is because of the poor administration.
But, specifically, the reason for me for raising this matter today is that there are hundreds of workers there. They are getting pay since 1987 in the same scale. The Rao Committee constituted last year suggested that the pay must be revised. In spite of that, for the last 21 years they have been getting the same pay.
I would request the Government to look into the matter and revise the pay according to the current pay scale.