Public & Secret Histories of Our Times
Soon after the Indian Government nationalised 14 private banks on 19 July 1969, I interviewed CPI leader NK Krishnan for Frontier. Here are excerpts from the interview: Continue reading “Behind bank nationalisation”
Negotiations over the Bokaro Steel Plant, the fourth pearl in the string of the Hindustan Steel Limited, dragged on for several years.
This golden chance to improve the prestige and image of US foreign aid was missed by the Americans when their Senate refused to collaborate with the Bokaro Plant. Continue reading “How USA missed the chance at Bokaro Steel Plant”
Ever since its birth in 1958 the Rs 250 crore Heavy Engineering Corporation, Ranchi, a public sector undertaking has rmained in a state of never-ending crisis.
Heavy Machine Tools Plant workers are on strike, demanding scrapping of test for promotion. The employees do not want to appear for test.