October 22, 2005

 To

The Chief of Bureau

Print & Electronic Media

Sir,

Kindly find enclosed a letter written to Smt. Sheila Dikshit,  Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Govt. of Delhi regarding hike of onion price. This is for your kind information and publication  please ( a copy of letter is enclosed) .

With regards,

(Gurinder Pal Singh)

President

BY-5/530/2005-2006

October 22, 2005

Smt. Sheila Dikshit

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi

Govt. of Delhi

3, Motilal Nehru Place,

New Delhi - 110011

Respected Madam,

The price of onion is touching the sky. It has hit the common man very badly. Most of labourers living in Delhi take their chapattis with onion because they can not afford the vegetables/pulses. In order to help to Delhi Govt. to tide over the price crisis . All India Motor Transport Congress ...   more »

September 16, 2005

Press Release

To

The Bureau Chief / Special Correspondent        

…………………………………………………

The important issues which are affecting the working

                         of Road Transport adversely are listed below:-

1.0      Hike in Diesel Price       

The All India Motor Transport Congress condemn the hike in diesel and petrol price on 6^th September 2005 on the ground that the price of crude had gone up in International Market. We have never objected to pay the increase in the basic price of crude oil but we are certainly opposed to commensurate increase in Customs & Excise Duty and Sales Tax. The price of crude oil was $ 40 per barrel on the day budget was presented to Parliament. The Union Government imposed duties and State Governments imposed Sales Tax on this price. Subsequently, increase in the price of crude oil provided an opportunity to Govt’s to ...   more »

September 15, 2005

To

The Bureau Chief / Special Correspondent

Sub: - AIMTC Massive Protest Dharna at Jantar Mantar on

             16/09/2005 from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M.

Dear Sir,

All India Motor Transport Congress will observe Protest Dharna all over the country on 16/09/2005 from 11 A.M. to      2 P.M against hike in diesel price on 06/09/2005 and other issues related to Road Transport.

At Delhi, dharna shall be observed at Jantar Mantra on 16/09/2005 from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. Sardar Gurinder Pal Singh, President-AIMTC shall lead the protest Dharna.

You are requested to kindly cover the event.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(J.M. SAKSENA)

Advisor

PRESS RELEASE

To,                                                                                                September 6, 2005

The Bureau Chief / special correspondents

…………………………

New Delhi    

             Sub: AIMTC condemns today’s price hike of diesel

All India Motor Transport Congress strongly condemns today’s price hike of Petrol and Diesel by Sri Mani Shankar Aiyer, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. This increase has come as a death-knell for transport industry, the truck owners are not able to recover even their operational cost and today’s price hike will further increase their miseries. The entire transport industry is opposed to this price hike and demands its roll back forthwith. Any increases in the price by the Central Govt. on petroleum products, the biggest beneficiaries are the state governments because of the increase in Sales Tax.

Agriculture and Transport, both are the backbone of our country’s economy, are adversely affected by the ...   more »

September 5, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

To    

The Chief of Bureau

Electronic and Print Media   

Price of Petroleum Products

The price of crude oil in international market is really volatile for last 3 or 4 months and there appears no respite.

In last week’s newspapers, we have come to know that Union Cabinet has taken in principle a decision to hike the price of petroleum products.  The quantum of increase shall be declared after the return of Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas from foreign tour.

All India Motor Transport Congress once again reiterates our demand for no increase in diesel price because it is an item of public utility and not luxury. It is predominantly used in Agriculture and Transport, both are the backbone of our country’s economy.  The AIMTC has always urged that the ...   more »

Press Release

Dated: 28.06.2005

To

The Chief of Bureau

Print and Electronic media

Nation wide one day Token Strike Successful

The one-day ‘Token Strike’ call given by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) saw a complete success all over the country. Reports from our members at all major centers including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Jallandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Banglore, Guwahati, Lucknow, Ranchi, Patna, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Vijayawada, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Bhubhaneshwar etc. indicated a near total strike with no transportation activity reported anywhere. We would like to thank our members and brother transporters all over India for their spontaneous and full support in this fight for survival. We also apologize to the public for any inconvenience caused but they must bear in mind that indirectly this is their fight only and so we seek their support on this issue. 

In Delhi, ...   more »

BY-8/PM/227/ 2005-06

June 28, 2005

Dr.Man MohanSingh                                                                                                             

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

New Delhi – 110 001

Sub: 1. Request for Roll back of hike in diesel prices

          2. Withdraw Toll tax from all the roads

          3. Immediate Amendment of Carriers Act, 1865

Respected Sir,

 It is certainly the proud privilege of our country to have you as our Prime Minister.  You are also country’s most eminent economist and during your stewardship of Finance Ministry, you realized the importance of transport trade as well as their problems. This was evident from your fixing the notional income of a single truck owner at the rate of Rs. 2,000/- per month, thus saving them from hassles of filing of Income Tax returns.

 It was because of incentives given by your good self that lot of unemployed youth got attracted towards the transport sector. This influx ...   more »

June 27, 2005

To

Chief of Bureau

Sub: - AIMTC Dharna on 28/06/05 at Jantar Mantar at New Delhi

Dear Sir,

All India Motor Transport Congress will observe Protest Dharna all over the country on 28/06/2005 from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.

At Delhi, dharna shall be observed at Jantar Mantra on 28/06/2005 from  10 A.M. to 5 P.M. and Memorandum shall be submitted of Charter of Demands to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister.

You are requested to kindly cover the event.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(J.M.SAKSENA)

Secretary General

June 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

To

The Chief of Bureau

A delegation of All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) led by Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, President-AIMTC consisting of       Shri O.P. Agarwal, Chairman-AIMTC, Shri R.D. Bansal, President, All India Transport Welfare Association (AITWA) met Shri T.R. Baalu, Hon’ble Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways at 9 A.M in his chamber. The Hon’ble Minister gave patient hearing to problems of the transporters and gave assurance to take up the matter with Union Finance Minister & Union Petroleum Minister and appealed to the transporters to call off their proposed strike on 28/06/2005 all over the country.

Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, President-AIMTC requested the Hon’ble Minister for suitable adjustment of various taxes on diesel for maintaining the price line of diesel, to withdraw toll tax from the Highways since we pay road tax, to immediately amend ...   more »

June 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

To

The Chief of Bureau

The All India Motor Transport Congress has given a call for a nation wide one-day token strike to protest against hike in diesel price and toll road on 28/06/05. We have received a tremendous response from our members all over the country and therefore, are issuing this in public interest so that the public is not put to inconvenience, because there shall be no booking or delivery and all transport activities will remain under suspension for 24 hrs. The trucks will remain off the road.  The transportation of water and milk is exempted.

Shri T.R. Baalu, the Hon’ble Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Roadways has invited a delegation of AIMTC for dialogue on 27/06/05.This is positive step and we welcome the government initiative. The AIMTC shall   go for ...   more »

June 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

To

The Chief of Bureau

The All India Motor Transport Congress has given a call for a nation wide one-day token strike to protest against hike in diesel price and toll road on 28/06/05. We have received a tremendous response from our members all over the country and therefore, are issuing this in public interest so that the public is not put to inconvenience, because there shall be no booking or delivery and all transport activities will remain under suspension for 24 hrs. The trucks will remain off the road.  The transportation of water and milk is exempted.

Shri T.R. Baalu, the Hon’ble Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Roadways has invited a delegation of AIMTC for dialogue on 27/06/05.This is positive step and we welcome the government initiative. The AIMTC shall   go for ...   more »

June 22, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

To

The Chief of Bureau

AIMTC Deplores Price Hike in Diesel!

AIMTC vehemently deplores the Government's decision to increase diesel prices by Rs. 2/- per liter. The present hike puts an additional burden of Rs. 68 crores per day on the sector. Moreover this follows closely the service tax burden put on the industry recently. The government seems hell bent on destroying transport sector and is blatantly unaware of ramifications of this on national economy.  Thanks to a surfeit of taxes the transport industry is on the brink of a major catastrophe. We are one of the largest sources of revenue for government with each truck generating tax revenue of Rs. 2,28, 575/- p.a. We feel it’s a miracle that the industry is still functioning.

The other major issue is toll roads. We are opposed to toll roads because ...   more »

June 21, 2005