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DA for July 2016Posted on 30th June 2016
DA for july 2016 has increased by 1.5% and stand at 37%. AICPIN for mar,apr,may are 268,271,275 respectively.
RIKKS (Rourkela Ispat Karakhana Karmachari Sangh) affiliated to BMS (Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh) is active since 06.01.1971 with registration no: 674 & affiliation no: O/4 ('O' for Odisha) in RSP. Thengadiji the founder of BMS built up the ideological basis of it right from its inception. When political trade unions misused workers of our country for their power politics, BMS was formed with the slogan "apolitical trade union" (above politics). It believed in genuine trade union activity inculcating National spirit in the minds of workers.Instead of the Communist theory of class conflict it believed in the concept of industrial family. Hence instead of the Communist slogan; workers of the world unite; it said-workers, unite the world. The cyclic concept of Nationalise the labour, labourise the industry, industrialise the Nation gives the idea of what BMS is striving for in the labour sector. Viswakarma Jayanthi day was decided to be celebrated as National Labour Day. The apolitical character of the organisation was kept on from its inception till now without dilution.Read more
"Many thanks for your participation on the occassion of BMS 60th foundation day celebration.
Himansu Sekher Bal (General Secretary)
On the occasion of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sanghs's 60th foundation day celebration on 23rd of July 2016 at Bhubaneswar around 200 employees of RSP participated along with other caders which made the event a grand success.
Today on 8th July 2016, employees of Rourkela Steel Plant in support of RIKKS (BMS) protesting against SAIL's new pension scheme. BMS strongly demands for the date of effect of the new pension scheme from 01.01.2007 instead of 01.01.2012, SESBF non-merger, trainees gratuity ceiling withdraw, SESBF as the fund manager and LIC should not be the only annuity provider.
Today on 8th march 2016, International women's day celebration at RIKKS(BMS) office F/37/04.On behalf of this retired Jt.director of IGH Dr. Uma Devi was the chief guest and on her speech she described the importance of the Women's Day. Among the other guests were Smt. Rama Panda (Retired Pricipal of SAIL public school), Anjali Patel (Gen.Sec All Odisha Anganabadi Sangh), Minakhi Dhar (Famous Announcer) and Mr. Bibekananda Mohanta ( Preident of RIKKS) also present on this occasion.
On 13 December 2015 biennial General Body Meeting of Raurkela Ispat Karkhana Karmachari Sangh held in observation of Sh A Sriniwas Rao(State Gen.Sec BMS ODISHA). The conference inaugurated by Dr.B K Rai (All India VP of BMS & In charge Steel, Mines & Coal). There is present Sh Devendra Kr Pandey (All India Secretary of BMS & Dy In charge of Steel and Mines-Non Coal). Also presented Sh K C Mishra, All India Org. Secy of BMS and Sh Dilip Kr Pattanaik, Genl. Secy. Bharatiya Ispat Mazdoor Mahasangh. 500 delegates participated. Programme started with Shramik Geet, Pradeep prajjwalan and pushparpan on the photo of Bharat Mata, labour lord Vishwakarma and our prerana srot Shrdhey Dattopant Thengadi. Dr Rai delivered his inaugural speech after then Sh Himanshu Shekhar Bal submitted two years GS proceeding report and Tresurer submitted two years receipt & payment statement the house approved it. The president desolved the committee and appointed Election officer to Sh Sriniwas Rao. He constituted a new committee 32 + 8 members Executive Body in which President Sh Vivekananda's Mahanta, Working President Sh Rajendra Nath Mahanta, General Secretary Sh Himanshu Shekhar Bal Treasurer Sh Gyanesh Ponda and Org. Secretary Sh Pradosh Ponda General secretary declared Departmental Shop level committee/council Sh vivekanand Mahanta delivered presidential speech in the end session Sh K C Mishra concluded by samapan bhashan . The president submitted vote of thanks and declared over the conference. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.
On behalf of the decision taken in various unit level of SAIL huge numbers of workers gathered at Birsa chowk for the protest to demand bonus at RSP, Rourkela. Workers of different union in support of the joint union demonstration show their agitation peacefully and gave a strong message for complete industrial unrest on 19/11/2015 if SAIL management failed to give bonus before Diwali.
RIKKS being the recognised trade union of RSP, Rourkela organised a joint meeting on 31/10/2015 at union office F/37, Sector-04 in which all registered trade union of RSP participated as decided in the Kolakata joint meeting held on 29/10/2015 . RIKKS president and general secretary addressed the meeting and discussed briefly the plan to be executed by various union level on 4th nov 2015, the date on which management has purposed NJCS meeting to be held reagarding bonus issue.
The senior leaders of INTUC, BMS, AITUC, HMS and CITU met in a joint meeting at Kolkata on 29th october, 2015 to discuss about the next course of united action against arbitary decision of the management against non payment of annual bonus payable in the yera 2015. the annual bonus/ex-gratia is to be settled immediately after discussion in NJCS. Download Resolution
RIKKS initiated silent protest on 26th october 2015 from 05:00 AM onwards till 5th november in favour of strike notice served to management to be done on 6th november 2015 for the payment of bonus/exgratia as soon as possible.
RIKKS gathered RSP workers to protest the bonus denied by SAIL management on 15th oct "Production and Productivity" meeting at New Delhi.
RIKKS gathered RSP workers to protest the delay in puja bonus at administratativeon 09th oct 2015 at 02:30 pm building and to include 3 BMS central leaders in the 15th october meeting to be held at New Delhi. The agitation continued till 06:00 pm and finally management agreed to include 1 from central BMS after discussing with SAIL corporate. The agitation will continue at New Delhi till the management not agreed 3 BMS central leaders.
On the occassion of 60th foundation day of BMS, RIKKS at Rourkela organized blood donation camp at Ispat General Hospital, later a general meeting with the presence of huge gathering of RSP employees at RIKKS office. On the occassion 1000 tree plantation and Swacha Bharat abhiyan also done by many volunteers and members of RIKKS.
Today on 1st of july 2015, RIKKS (BMS) the recognised trade union of Rourkela steel plant successfully done a demonstration in order to protest the violation of NJCS agreement regarding arrear's 2nd installment by SAIL management. In spite of heavy rain workers of RSP stood in support of the demonstartion for their legitmate demand.
Today on 29th of june 2015, after 12 years of long waiting, the recognised union in RSP able to sign a tripartite agreement. Today RIKKS(BMS) signed an agreement with RSP management in RLC(C) office for 4th batch of EA/SA employees who will get their 2 increments by which their basic pay will increase from Rs.1200/-. to Rs.1700/- per month grade wise. The issue was pending from 1998. It is the 1st agreement of RIKKS as a recognised union.
Celebration of our recognition has been done at "telephone Bhavan ground", sector-06 with a huge gathering of RSP employees. RIKKS founder Mr. Saroj Maitra(All India president of Swedesi Jagaran Manch) was the chief guest. Mr. Gokula Nanda Jena (All India Secretary of BMS), Mr.Radhakanta Mishra(Sundargarha District president of BMS), Mr. Dilip Pattnaik (Gen.Sec of steel federation of BMS), Mr.Rajendra Mohanta(Odisha State VicePresident of BMS),Mr.Uttam DasMajumdar(RIKKS Preisdent), Mr.Himasu Bal(RIKKS Gen.Secretary) and Mrs.Anjali Patel(President of Anganbadi) and Mr. Bibek Mohanta(Working President of RIKKS) were also present on the occasion.
Todya on 6th April 2015 we got the regnition. We are now the recognised trade union of RSP (SAIL) from 6th April 2015 to 5th April 2017. Many thanks and congratulation to all the non-executives of RSP who gave us the opportunity to serve them. Thanks.
14th triennial state conference of Odisha has been held at Angul on 23rd and 24th march 2015. Sri Krushanna Ch. Mishra ( All India Organising Secretary of BMS) was the chief speaker along with the guest speaker the renowed columnist Mr. Santosh Mohapatra who on his speech elaborate the current trade union scenario and impact of budget 2015's on industry. The presence of state and all affiliated unions executives, office bearrer and members made the conference a memorable one.
Non-Executives of RSP(SAIL) gathered in huge numbers at Birsa chowk on 12th march 2015 from 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm to protest against the new pension proposal given by the SAIL management. Also voice raised against the HRA 5% recovery from salary, immediate payment of arrear's 2nd installment, revocation of 2 months quater provision to retired employee instead of 3 months and to implement "One organisation One pension" i.e unique pension scheme in SAIL.
Today On 01/02/2015, Hon. Cabinet Minister for Steel and Mines Shri Narendra Singh Tomar visited RIKKS (BMS) office on a official visit to RSP (SAIL). RIKKS General Secretary Sri Himansu Bal welcome the guest and breifly addressed different issues related to workers and handed over memorandum. The minister has promised to take positive action very soon for the betterment of SAIL workers. RIKKS president Sri Uttam Majumdar gave the vote of thanks. See memorandum 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Today On 01/02/2015 All Odisha Anganbadi Ladies Association Sundaergarh District conference has been celebrated at Rourkela. On the occasion all india organising secretary of BMS "Sri. Krushana Ch. Mishra" and Minister of Steel and Mines "Sri. Narendra Singh Tomar" was the chief guest.
Today On 10/11/2014 RIKKS (BMS) celebrated jayanti divas of DATTOPANT THENGADIJI. On behalf of this RIKKS president Sri Uttam DasMajumdar addressed the employees. Also present on this occasion are Mr. Bikash Haldar (Dpt.G.S of RIKKS), Mr. Rajendra Mohanta ( Treasurer of BMS Steel Federation), Mr. Vivek Mohanta and Mr. Ramakamta Patra of Swedeshi Jagrana Manch.
Today On 28/09/2014 RIKKS (BMS) released its election manifesto. On behalf of this RIKKS president Sri Uttam DasMajumdar addressed the press. Also present on this occasion are Mr. Dilip Pattnaik (G.S of BMS Steel Federation), Mr. Rajendra Mohanta ( Treasurer of BMS Steel Federation), Mr. Himanshu Bal (G.S RIKKS), Mr. Bikash Haldar ( D.G.S - RIKKS), Mr. Vivek Mohanta and advisor Mr. Radhakanta Mishra.
Today On 19/09/2014 RIKKS (BMS) filed its nomination for the union election to be held on october 15 2014 with a huge gatherings of RSP non-executives only.
Today On 03/08/2014 RIKS (BMS) deligates met with SAIL Chairmen, Mr. C S Verma at Rourkela Guest House. Chairman greatly emphasized on maximising the production target as the profit on 1st quater has already been decreased. Mr Dilip Pattanaik ( General Secretary of Steel federation) clearly figured out major drawbacks in RSP modernization projects like BF5, SMS-II, Coke Oven Battery 6 and SP-III ect and cleared that employees are not rather its the machine and mangement the sole cause of losses in RSP. Mr Uttam Ku. DasMajumdar (President of RIKKS) raised the issues regarding trainees benefits and pointed out how this chapter been completly neglected on NJCS signed on 1st july 2014.. Mr. Bikash Haldar (Deputyl General Secretary of RIKKS) briefed on employees health issues and demanded for best quality treatment, medicine and posting of expert doctors in IGH (Ispat General Hospital) in Rourkela. Also present on the meeting are Mr. Pravat K. Behera ( Secretary SMS-II) and Mr. Radhakanta Mishra ( Advisor - RIKKS)
On 23/07/2014 evening we celebrates our (BMS) foundation day with a huge gathering of employees of Rourkela Steel Plant. At 19:15 hrs flag hoisting was done followed by "deepa prajyolana".Mr Dilip Pattanaik ( General Secretary of Steel federation), Mr Rajendra Ku. Mohanta ( Treasurer of Steel federation), Mr Uttam Ku. DasMajumdar (President of RIKKS), Mr. Himanshu Bal (General Secretary of RIKKS) Mr. Bikash Haldar (Deputy General Secretary of RIKKS)and Mr. Vivek Mohanta (Working President of RIKKS) addressed on BMS idology.
On 24/06/2014 evening RIKKS(BMS) lead by sri Rajendra Mahanta and Sri Himansu Sekhar Bal had a meeting with minister (state) of Steel/Mines/labour and employment Hon. Vishnu Dev Sai in a very cordial atmosphere in his govt residence at north avenue New Delhi and later with Hon. cabinet min for Steel Mr Narendra Singh Tomer. Both the members assured us that, their ministry has already cleared the formalities for implementation of NJCS. They also gave instruction to chairman to clear the njcs as soon as possible. They also assured us that, the possibilities to re-constitute the njcs is being found out.
On 16/06/2014 RIKKS executive body met with Hon. Ministry of State. Vishnu Deo Sai ( Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment ) at Raigarh and had a detail discussion on issues like NJCS, Arrear payment, delayed Union election at RSP & other Labour related issues. Seeing the importantance of the matter the Minister invited the body for further discussion at New Delhi before the Steel Ministry on 23rd Jun 2014.
On 15/06/2014 BMS organised a grand welcome ceremony to welcome the Hon. Ministry Of Tribal Affairs. Mr.Jual Orma to his home land. Our RIKKS General Secretary Mr. Himanshu Sekher Bal is having a brief discussion with Hon. Minister at our BMS office. Also a Memorandum has given regarding delay in NJCS and Union election at RSP. Before attending the ceremony Hon. Minister has already taken steps to quicken the election order form respective Govt.Depatment.
On 06/03/2014 at 16:00 hrs a mass demonstration with a huge gathering of non-executives of RSP was conducted on behalf of better NJCS Pay scale settlement and earliest payment of arrears at the earliest.Our RIKKS (BMS) General secretary Mr.Himanshu Bal strongly opposed the existing pay scale offered by SAIL management & addressed the unlawful activities of NJCS leaders.
On 01/12/2013 from 09:00hrs to 12:00hrs we have successfully completed our AGB meeting and selected our new executive members as well as council members for the year 2013-15. The main attraction of the function was the golden words of Mr Krushana Mishra, also the honorable guest.Our new president and general secretary are Mr. Uttam Das Mohapatra and Mr.Himanshu Bal respectively.Full portfolio will be soon posted on our site.
On 23/07/2013 we celebrated our foundation day at sector-04 RIKKS office with a huge presence of employees of RSP, all executive body of RIKKS & all office bearer.Flag hosting done by RIKKS President Sri Radhakanta Mishra followed by Vande Mataram recital.
Employees(non-executives) of RSP participated on the occasion of BMS 60th foundation day at Bhubaneswar on 23rd July 2016.
Employees(non-executives) of RSP gathered for demonstration call by joint RIKKS (BMS) at RSP, Rourkela on 8th July 2016 from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM at "Birsa Chowk".
More employees(non-executives) of RSP gathered for demonstration call by joint RIKKS (BMS) at RSP, Rourkela on 8th July 2016 from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM at "Birsa Chowk".
Workers of RSP gathered for demonstration call by joint union movement at RSP, Rourkela on 4th November 2015 from 07:30 Am to 09:00 AM.
Workers of RSP gathered for demonstration call by RIKKS at Rourkela on 19th oct 2015.
60th foundation day of BMS celebrated by RIKKS - Rourkela. Series of noble event like Swacha Bharat Abhiyan, Tree plantation and Blood donation done by union members.
RIKKS rally on 10th april 2015 from "Birsa Chowk" to "Telephone Bhavan Maidan" on behalf of being the recognised trade union of RSP on 6th April 2015.
BMS rally on 23rs March 2015 at Angul (Odisha) during 14th trilinial state conference against the "anti labour law" reformation and "land aquisition bill" ammendment of govt. of India.
BMS election rally on 12th October 2014 from RIKKS office to Telephone Bhavan Maidan, Sector-06.(For best view select 480p mode)
BMS rally for filing nomination on 19th October 2014 from RIKKS office to RLC office.(For best view select 720p-HD or 480p mode)
For betterment of Labour, Industry & Nation Vote for BMS.
Celebration of BMS foundation day on 23rd july 2014 at Rourkela by RIKKS..
Employees(non-executives) of Rourkela Steel Plant protesting on 21st March 2014 following Putla Dahan of NJCS Committee at Birsa Chouwk.
Employees(non-executives) of Rourkela Steel Plant protesting on 21st March 2014 following Putla Dahan of NJCS Committee at Birsa Chouwk.
Employees of Rourkela Steel Plant protesting on 6th March 2014 at Birsa Chouwk. Our all india steel federation general secretary Mr. Dilip Pattnaik is addressing the crowd.
On 6th March 2014 at ROURKELA STEEL PLANT a demonstration was done by Rourkela Ispat Karakhana Karmachari Sangh to protest the Pay Scale revision as offered by management & the injustice to the non-executive employees of SAIL by NJCS members i.e INTUC, CITU, AITUC & HMS. Our RIKKS general secretary Mr. Himansu Bal is addressing the crowd.
On 09/06/2013 at 09:00 hrs we have launched our website called "www.rikks.org".We are the 1st to appear online at Rourkela Steel Plant.Here onwards we share our union views & information related to employees of RSP (SAIL) on our website at the earliest possible.
DA for july 2016 has increased by 1.5% and stand at 37%. AICPIN for mar,apr,may are 268,271,275 respectively.
BMS representative Dr.Basant Ray placed four demands on pension issues which was strongly denied by the SAIL management due to MOU signed before head by other four trade unions (CITU, INTUC, HMS and AITUC). Dr. Basant Ray walk out of the meeeting with complete disagree on management purposal.
BMS being aware of the issue of widow's qualification restriction for permanent employee after successfully completing their training and raising the demand with strong voice on 14th May NJCS held at New Delhi, the SAIL management on 19th May 2016 have given instructions to all plants to take necessary action for those widow's to count them as permanent employee with immidiate effect.
On 14th May 2016 NJCS meeting was held at New Delhi for reformation of the committee and BMS entered as a permanent member in NJCS here after. On repeated demnad of BMS only the issue of medical facility removal of 25+ year son(As per 9th NJCS agreemnet done without BMS) of an employee was withdrawn by the management. BMS also raised and demaned other major issues like i) Relaxation of qualification for widows in case of compassionate ground. ii) Relaxation of trainging period of trainees who suffered by the degradation policy. iii) Immeidiate implementation of E-0 promotion scheme iv) Quaters to retired employees at cheap rates v) To take necesssary initiative for the 10th NJCS ect. Management has given positive assurance on 1st two demand implementation.
AICPIN for the month of Dec-15=269, Jan-16=269, Feb-16=267.Average point for the last 3 month is 268.33 and remain unchanged. Therefore our new DA will be remain at 35.5 %.
Today RIKKS (BMS) team led by General Secretary Sri.Himansu Bal met with Hon'ble minister of state Sj. Dharmendra Pradhan for Petroleum and natural gas of government of India and demand for rolling back of the proposal for taxing EPF withdrawl. See Document
The AICPIN for November 2015 stands at 270.DA for first qtr of 2016 is increased by 2.8% & total DA reached at 35.5%.
AICPIN for the month of October is 264. So our present DA for last qtr is 32.7% it make a growth of 3.4%.
Today from 17th Sep 2015 onwards employees of RSP are no more required to submit medical crtificate to avail CML. This facility is given for 4 times in a calender year upto a maximum of 3 days in each time and not exceeding 10 days i.e 20 HPL. Also restriction is made to avail maximum of 5days(i.e 10 HPL) within 6 months. Click to Download
First achievement of RIKKS. In previous practice while we took Casual Leaves, intervening weekly off was also counted as CL. Now from today i.e 23/06/2015 onwards it will be counted as weekly off.No more loss of casual leave. We are on a positive move regarding other demands.Thanks.
DA for the month of july qtr increases by 1.4% & stands at 29.3%.AICPIN for March, April, May are 254,256,258. Average aicpin= 256. Base point =198. SO DA= (256-198)/198=29.29=29.3%.
DA for April, may, june 2015 is increased by 0.1% which results new DA=27.9%. AICPIN for Dec-253, Jan-254, Feb-253, Average AICPIN is 253.33.
Today's HRA/Pension meeting ended up with the proposal on SAIL's pension policy by management. Click to Download.
AICPIN for month of December 2014 stands at 253 for which new DA increases by 1.4%. Now the new da will be 27.8%.
RIKKS (BMS) reply regarding G'Shift time change from 15th Dec 2014 onwards. Click to read
Activation of Universal Account Number, All employee of SAIL must be activated there UAN, Steps for activation of UAN by member himself as given on this document. 1 | 2
As per Act Late Amardeep Xaxa's family will get 1) workmen compensation act = 847160/-, 2) EDLI (Employee Deposit Link Insurance) scheme = 360000/-, 3) Gratuity = 17200/-, All Total = 1224360/-. These are the amounts paid to every employee who lost live according to the Act of Government of India.
Today RIKKS (BMS) team met with CEO and having a warm discussion on safety issues at new coveoven and carelessness of management about trainees, we gave our written demand for Late Amardeep Xaxa. Read here
There was an unfortunate accident happened today in "'A' Shift at cokeoven(new) battery-6 coal tower RC belt. We lost a precious life of co-worker Amardeep Xaxa, Pl.no-214279 while doing his normal job. We all express our heart felt condolence for sad demise of Amardpeep. RIKKS team immediately rushed to the spot and able to stop management from extraction of the body of Amardeep till 14:00 hrs and after getting a positive assurance from CEO about giving job to one of his family member, then only we allow managment to remove the body.
AICPIN for month of August stands at 253 for which new DA increases by 4.3% & old DA increases by 6.9% for October 2014 .Now the new DA will be 26.4% & old DA will be 98.2%.
Today HRA meeting ends with zero output. Bonus meeting on 15th September at New Delhi.
Today on All Party meeting held at RLC Rourkela, it has been finalised that the Union election through secret ballot will conduct on 15th October 2014 and counting will be done on the same day. Cutoff date for the voters is 1st September 2014 and all trainees are eligible to participate on the election.
Today on full body NJCS meeting MOA has been sighned based on MOU of 25th Jan 2014 and Pay scale structure of 26th March 2014 at New Delhi.
Today HRA/HRR sub-comittee meeting ended without any conclusion at New Delhi.
DA for the month of july 2014 is increased by 2.9% (old) and 1.9%(new) which result to old DA=91.3% and new DA=22.1% with corresponding AICPI index of 239(March), 242(April) and 244(May).
HRA sub comittee meeting will be held on 30th June 2014. Next NJCS meeting on 1st and 2nd of July 2014 at New Delhi.
Today SAIL Board meeting held at New Delhi have cleared the MOU signed on 25th January 2014.Next NJCS meeting date is not declared.Also purposal to stop leave encashment has been decided to implement soon.
Notification Letter for Membership Verification of Unions has been served to all trade Unions active in RSP (SAIL). See Documents
DA for thye month of April To June 2014 decreased to 2.1%(OLD) and 1.3%(NEW) resulting 88.4%(OLD) and 20.2%(NEW) respectively.
Pay sub-committee meeting completed and signed with minium wage in S-1 grade as on 1.1.2012 at AICPI 198.00 = 15830/- and S-11 grade at scale of 18000-3%-43950. See details
Pay sub-committee meeting scheduled on 25th and HRA sub-committee on26th March 2014.
HRA sub committee meeting scheduled on 13th March 2014.
AICPIN point for the month of Dec-2013=239 & Jan-2014=237.Expected for feb-2014 ~ 238 & accordingly DA for the month of April-2014 decreased by 2% as per old format.
NJCS meeting for pay scale fixation today at New Delhi ended with no results as management proposed S-01 Pay Scales as per DPE guideline, which should be below E-0 Scale. Unions not agreed with Management's proposal.Next meeting to be scheduled on 10th March 2014.
Next NJCS meeting for wage slab fixation will be held on 18th February 2014 (Tuesday) at New Delhi.
MOU has been signed in todays' NJCS meeting at New Delhi with 17% mgb and 6% perks.Also decided to give 1 increment if SAIL made 5000 Cr profit. Arrears will be cashed in 2 installment.
DA for the Jan 2014 is increased by 5%, which results 90.5% with AICPI index of 243.
Next NJCS meeting will be held on 20 Jan 2014 (Monday).Lets hope for a New Year gift.
New circular has been issued on 18th Dec-2013 regarding pending final decision on the issue of leave encashment at time of retirement. The circular stated a limit of 300 days ( previously it was 310 days ) of leave accumulaion will be encashed at the time of retirement as per DPE letter no 2(14)/2012-DPE(WC), Dated-17/07/2012. Actual amount of leave encashed is "{190 EL + (110 HPL / 2)}=245" full days as HPL can't be commuted henceforth.See copy of details: SAIL Circular , DPE Letter and News
NJCS meeting at New Delhi closed without any conclusion as SAIL chairman offered 17% mgb & 6% fringe benefit for signup deal, but unions refused the purposal. Next meeting will be scheduled on Jan-2014 2nd week.We will soon inform the dates as it confirms.
On NJCS meeting today held at New Delhi, no final decission taken.Management remained farm on 16% mgb & unions on 18%. Only 1% enhancement on & above existing allowance purposed by the management.It is decided to sign agreement before 1st January 2014.Full NJCS will be on 8th & 9Th Dec 2013.
We raised our voice against unfair labour practice done to some S1 grade(Unskilled) employees forced to work as crane operator.A notice has been given to ceo(RSP) Ref.No-RIKKS/BMS/2013 - 23.
DP SAIL promised to provide 'C' shift allowance of Rs.60.00 along with medical facility for family (wife + 2 children) & leave as per regular employees to the trainees in S-1 & S-3 grade of RSP.Read More..
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7679 Review: Republic Fighter Tank
Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:48 PM
Welcome to my review of the 7679 Republic Fighter Tank! In the United States, this set was exclusive to Target stores for a limited time. Ever since it came out, I've had my eye on this set, but unfortunately, they were taken off of Target shelves after the 2008 holiday season. Nearly a year later, in October 2009, I was strolling through my local Target's Lego aisle when, behold! The Fighter Tank was restocked! I immediately snatched this off the shelf and built it as soon as I got home. Now, I present to you the review. Enjoy!
Set: 7679 Republic Fighter Tank
Year Released: 2008
Theme: Star Wars/ Clone Wars
Number of Pieces: 592
Number of Minifigs: 2
Bricklink Catalog
The front of the box is pretty basic. It shows overall set, minifigures, information, and some fancy photoshopping with the lasers. One thing that I've noticed lately is that many Star Wars sets have that boring desert planet background on their box picture. Maybe it's to keep it simple, and have the buyer's attention on the set, but a change from the usual would be nice. The material for the outside of the box is very glossy, as per all Clone Wars sets.
The back shows some play features, as well as a few other sets released at the same time that this was.
As you spill out the contents after opening the taped box flaps, you'll come across the instruction manual and the sticker sheet. First of all, you'd expect to have printed parts in an "exclusive" set (the price wasn't bad, but exclusives don't often have stickers). And secondly, my manual was severely bent, and I had to bend it backwards to prevent it from closing as I was building the set. I wish TLG would find away to prevent this.
Out next are the bags. This set includes four large, two medium, and two small bags. They aren't numbered, but that's probably not necessary for a set this size. There's a nice amount of dark red and white pieces in here, not to mention some rarer pieces in these colors. You might notice, as you spill the bags out (not pictured), that a few parts are printed. More on those later.
One more thing that comes out of the box is this little cardboard package. Usually, these contain capes, but I don't remember any capes being in this set...
Ah! A rubber band! It's curious that this would be packaged in that cardboard box. I always remembered rubber bands being held with the plastic, Technic-like holder, so this is new to me. This rubber band will be a key piece in one of the functions later in building the set.
One of the smaller bags holds another small bag, the one with the dark bley clone accessories that we've seen in other sets such as the Republic Gunship. The bag includes two commando pistols, one shoulder pauldron, one kama, two flashlights that attach to the helmet, two antennae that attach to the helmet, and one visor that also attaches to the helmet. These accessories are nice, but I prefer my clones without them.
There's only two minifigs in this set: two clone troopers. The accessories can individualize them from each other, but otherwise they are nearly identical. However, there is one printing discrepancy. This has been noticed with clone heads in numerous CW sets, but if you look closely at your clones, you'll see that some of their eyes point left, others point right, and a few point to the middle. This strange occurrence is still a mystery today. Also, it would have been nice to have a main character or a Jedi in the set, considering it's a Limited Edition. These tanks appeared in the battle of Mygeeto, so why not throw in Ki-Adi Mundi?
You can equip one of the clones with the two commando pistols, but the set comes with two regular pistols with scopes as well.
The Build
I hope you weren't looking forward to seeing the build of the set too much- because I'm not going to show you. Nope, it's much more fun if you build the set and see the techniques for yourself. Reviews can't spoil everything.
The Finished Set
The overall set is actually better-looking in person than a picture might depict. The fins aren't as stubby as they look on the box, and there are very few studs showing, so the design is nice and smooth. Of course, there is more than meets the eye with this set, as you'll soon see.
The front view can prove to be very menacing to opposing droid forces. Perhaps the CIS Armored Assault Tank can stand up to this? Notice the "eyes", AKA windshield. I think The Lego Group designers got this one down just right, comparing to the Star Wars Battle Front games.
Looking at the rear of the tank, you'll see the back hatch from which troops load/ unload. Notice the greebles here. Yes, that light bley 2x2 circular vent piece is printed.
The side view mainly displays the fins, with stickers and all. I like the detail in the stickers here, but they're such a pain to apply since you can never really get them on straight. Also note the dual cannons on either side, the turret and hatch on top, and the antennae near the hatch that often fall off. The trans-neon green power cells on either fin show that the designers were really paying attention to detail.
This set may seem a little on the small side, but it actually boasts quite a few playability features as you're about to see below.
The first feature (of many) is the hinges that connect the fins to the body of the tank. You can only move the fins up and down about two clicks (on the hinges) from they're original positions (about 30 degrees down from straight).
Since each fin is identical, they both have a compartment like this, that opens with an angle piece. This might be where you want to store the clone accessories so they don't get lost.
This nice little armored part of the fin is neat by it self, but if you spin it over on it's Technic pins...
...the underside reveals a set of three flick-fire missiles! This is a very clever way to add weapons and a play function to the set. You won't get tired of flipping the armor back and forth for a while, and the best part is that it can spin without scraping the surface beneath it, or you lifting up the tank.
Here's another look at the front of the tank. You can get a glimpse of the windshield, which you can partly see through due to the trans-black pieces. But there's a hidden function here- can you spot it?
No? Well, neither did I until I actually built the set. There's this neat compartment in the front that is revealed by lifting up the front armor on an angle piece that you probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't built it yourself. It blends so smoothly with the rest of the tank, and is, again, making good use of the different sections of the tank. The compartment contains some trans-neon green 1x2 round bricks that act as the "power source" of the tank.
The turret and top hatch are also functions of the set. The turret can rotate a full 360 degrees on the spinning tile, and can move up and down by about 90 degrees on the angle piece, as shown:
If you look down into the hatch, you'll see a white chair, as well as a little bit of that rubber band. But what does this whole contraption do? Let's find out. Oh, and that control panel 2x2 tile is also printed.
Naturally, you can place a minifigure in the chair. Luckily for us, one of the clone troopers that came with the set has volunteered to demonstrate the following play function. Let's put him in, close the top hatch, and...
...open the back hatch! This causes the little light bley piece that you see on the inside of the back hatch to release the red Technic nut on the back of the chair, which in turn releases pressure on the rubber band attached to the chair. The chair shoots up into the air, and the clone troopers head opens the top hatch.
To demonstrate this chain of events better, I've included a video of Unit 1778 in the tank:
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This is a very clever way of adding yet another play function. I guarantee that you'll be tempted to try this out every time you look at the tank on your display shelf. However, as you saw in the video, the hatch sometimes doesn't open all the way when the clone pops up. And no, the top hatch does not open without a minifigure in the chair.
As you saw at the end of the video above, the large guns on either side can move up and down. They can also rotate, but I don't think rotating the pole pieces will make a difference in aiming, because they they same all around (as a round shape).
But wait, there's more to see in the cockpit! The top part with the turret lifts off for easier access to the cockpit. The top part is easily lifted off, but stays on well due to it being held on by only a few studs.
The cockpit consists of a pilot's chair, and printed control panels. You can also see how the rubber band is attached, and how the trans-black windshield looks from the inside. You may have a little trouble, but a third clone can fit behind the pilots chair standing up.
Finally, flipping the tank over, you can view the four wheels that allow you to roll the tank around on the floor. These are covered up when the tank is right-side up, so it appears that the tank is hovering when you push it, just like in the movies.
Before I wrap this review up, here are two videos which show some of the play features of the set in motion.
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In the second video, when I flicked the missile, that noise you afterward is the missile landing in my metal trash can. So yes, these flick-fire missiles do go pretty far.
Final Ratings:
Build: 9/10- The Republic Fighter Tank was extremely fun to build. You get to build all of the functions, and only the top antennae fall off. This is definitely worth taking some time to sit down and enjoy building this one.
Playability: 10/10- I gave this a full score for this section. There are your basic flick-fire missiles and rolling wheels, but there are so many more details and functions in this set that were unnecessary, but appreciated for this set. The designers went all out on cramming every little detail in.
Swooshability: 9/10- You can roll the tank around quite easily on a flat surface, or even short-haired carpets. As said before, the antennae almost always fall off, so this section doesn't quite get a full score.
Minifigs: 7/10- The two new clones are nice, and the commando gear is a welcome addition, but the set feels like it's missing something for being an exclusive item. A clone commander or a Jedi such as Ki-Adi Mundi would've made this set even better.
Design: 10/10- The RFT is extremely well-built. You'll have a hard time breaking this on accident. It's also canon accurate, and has plenty of cool features crammed in to it.
Price: 10/10- Considering the piece count (above 500) and that this is a limited addition item, the price is amazing. And remembering that the set in itself is great makes it completely worthy to spend 50 USD on. TLG could've marked this up to 70 USD or so, but they (generously) did not.
Pieces: 8/10- There's not a lot of special pieces in here, but you do get a good amount of uncommon dark red pieces and some useful white parts. This would not be a set to get for parts; it looks just fine on my display shelf.
Overall Score: 9/10
This is excellent set. It looks great, had tons of features crammed into it, and is sold at a great price. You'll have fun playing around with the tank, admiring it in your display, or enjoy adding it to your clone army. Either way, I highly recommend this set to any kind of fan of Lego Star Wars, it's a must have!
Thank you for checking out this review, please leave questions, comments, or concerns if you have any, and don't forget to vote!
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:23 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:07 PM
I really want to pick this one up, but it's so expensive for what you get, at least in my opinion.
I like the videos, nice touch.
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Posted 01 November 2009 - 03:48 AM
I had to decide betwen this set and the Venator, but ended up getting the venator.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 04:53 AM
Posted 01 November 2009 - 05:18 AM
I love this set, it is very well built and designed. Im really glad I bought it.
Well done!
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:02 AM
Forresto, on Oct 31 2009, 12:23 PM, said:
BlueDragonZ, on Oct 31 2009, 10:53 PM, said:
Currently playing Hybros, 55-year-old male imp Marauder, and
Jinnipher Buchaire, 77-year-old female Moon Elven Knight
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:23 PM
The functions are nice, even though the flick-up seat takes a lot of space inside.
I can not really complain however that there are only two minifigs, a Jedi would have been nice but I don`t have much use for one either.
Funny though that this vehicle has actually been made as a set despite so far only appearing in a few video games and comics.
I know it is a popular vehicle for MOCs but still, its most famous appearance is probably Battlefront (no that there is anything wrong with Battlefront ).
Posted 03 December 2012 - 07:51 AM
I will surely get it when I next see it.
Thanks again JimButcher
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Big Cam, on 31 October 2009 - 09:07 PM, said:
I really want to pick this one up, but it's so expensive for what you get, at least in my opinion.
I like the videos, nice touch.
Oh well, kudos everyone
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What do people mean when they talk about the information age? Why is it a societal paradigm shift?
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What do people mean when they talk about the information age? Why is it a societal paradigm shift?
Information Age
Information age is the digital age. It is the period of the human history which is shifted from industrial economy to information economy. During the information age, a knowledge-based society is created where people can earn working with their ideas, numbers etc. In information age through the internet, information can be found out for anything just because of technology. It was not like that before 20 years.
A paradigm shift is a change in the thinking of seeing the world. Paradigm shift take generations as individual has to change about the way the world works. Approximately 10,000 years ago, agriculture age was there in which people were learned to hunt the animals to grow their food for living. After two centuries, a new paradigm shift took place where some type of machinery was invented and this was known as industrial age. In this age, towns grew into cities. Crime, pollution, population and other problems also grew. In the twentieth century, the computer and network was evolved which resulted in another paradigm shift, that is, information age. Thus, information age is the societal paradigm shift.