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News and circulars
Circulars of the National Centre, newest first. News of struggles and sittings, newest first. Where a circular was issued, the PDF is on the item.
Circulars
Newest circular first.
23 July 2026 · Circular
EEFI, AICWF and PGWFI prepare a confederation of energy-sector federations
Joint Circular 3/2026: office-bearers met at Ranchi on 19–20 July. An Energy Conclave in Delhi, a common charter, and solidarity across electricity, coal, petroleum and gas.
25 May 2026 · Circular
Circular 01/2026 — Office Bearers, New Delhi, 20 May 2026
Two-sided attack: Electricity Amendment Bill and Labour Codes. July–August campaign. Contract workers’ conventions. General Council, Kolkata, 3–4 October 2026.
5 September 2025 · Circular
Circular 04/2025 — Working Committee, Ooty, 30–31 August 2025
Privatisation in Puducherry and parallel licences in Maharashtra. Punjab settlement. National action day, 10 December. Contract workers, 20 November.
9 June 2025 · Circular
Circular 03/2025 — NCCOEEE decisions, 9 June 2025
B.T.R. Bhawan. Lunch-hour at every sub-station on 2 July. Joint convention with SKM at Lucknow on 22 June. Regional conventions for the 9 July strike.
6 June 2025 · Circular
Circular 02/2025 — Office Bearers, 2 June 2025
B.T.R. Bhawan. Homage to Comrade V.S. Ajith Kumar. 9 July strike. Employees–consumers forum. Young workers, Hyderabad, 24 August 2025.
7 May 2025 · Circular
Circular 01/2025 — first Working Committee after the 10th Conference
B.T.R. Bhawan, 2–3 May 2025. Solidarity with UP and NTPL Tuticorin. Preparation for the 20 May general strike. Note on the Iberian blackout attached.
News
Latest first.
15 September 2026 · State
Haryana: EEFI asks HERC to reject Eleven Power after the expert report
Petition No. 30 of 2026. Gurugram and Nuh hold more than 42 per cent of DHBVNL’s revenue. The Committee’s own findings require refusal.
27 July 2026 · State
Letter to the Chief Minister of Haryana: withdraw Agri DISCOM and parallel licence
EEFI supports the three-day statewide strike of 11–13 August 2026 and asks the government to negotiate with the Sanyukt Sangharsh Morcha.
30 June 2026 · State
Karnataka: Tata Power withdraws the parallel-licence petitions
A historic victory of electricity employees, engineers, farmers and the people. The 29 June Bengaluru convention turned the government, and then the petitioner.
28 June 2026 · State
Punjab power employees and pensioners march on the Chief Minister’s house at Sangrur
Thousands demand implementation of signed agreements, filling of vacancies and a halt to privatisation. Statewide agitation announced from 1 July.
15 June 2026 · State
Haryana: EEFI objects to Eleven Power’s parallel licence for Gurugram and Nuh
Petition No. 30 of 2026 before HERC. A one-year-old company with ₹1 crore paid-up capital seeking DHBVNL’s paying circles.
12 June 2026 · State
West Bengal: resist the Chief Secretary’s order to put smart meters in employees’ homes
Circular No. 183/CS/2026, dated 10 June 2026, treats a government worker’s residence as an RDSS target. A working meter is not the state’s to swap by office order.
2 June 2026 · Strike
Mumbai: ten thousand scheme workers open CITU’s capital-city mobilisations
Azad Maidan. Anganwadi, ASHA and NHM workers of Maharashtra. EEFI supports the struggle. More cities to follow.
25 May 2026 · International
Note on recent political-economic developments
Annexure I to Circular 01/2026. Energy shock, austerity, Labour Codes. The 10th Conference line: be on the street.
25 May 2026 · Notice
Power sector note — peak demand, solar hours and the market
Annexure II. Peak 256.1 GW on 25 April 2026. Night deficit. Exchange price at ₹20 a unit. Draft NEP 2026 and market coupling.
25 May 2026 · Notice
Protect existing union registration under the IR Code
Annexure III. Unions registered under the 1926 Act remain registered if they file the conformity statement and bring bye-laws into line with Section 7.
9 November 2025 · State
Tarn Taran Sahib: electricity employees against sale of Punjab power properties
A mass protest against the state government’s sale of electricity assets and against the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2025.
9 July 2025 · Strike
Kochi Refinery: workers strike after the High Court ban
BPCL Kochi Refinery employees ignored the Kerala High Court order and joined the 9 July general strike. Petroleum and electricity stand on one energy sector.
6 June 2025 · Notice
Note — conferences, Himachal, nuclear units, Jharkhand
Annexure to Circular 02/2025. New ground in states without an affiliate. Nuclear production chain. District mobilisation in Himachal.
7 May 2025 · International
Note on the Iberian blackout — causes, consequences and public power
EEFI Centre note for POWERGRID and NTPC workers. Spain and Portugal, 28–29 April 2025. Six crore people. Privatised grids and coupled systems without public control.
20 April 2025 · Strike
Brigade Parade Ground: ten lakh of Bengal’s working people, then the factory gate
Workers, peasants and agricultural workers assembled at Kolkata. From the Brigade to the factory gate — prepare the 20 May general strike.
9 April 2025 · Strike
Lucknow: twenty thousand electricity employees demand rollback of DISCOM privatisation
Workers travelled 26–28 hours across Uttar Pradesh. NCCOEEE fixed a northern regional action on 14 May and a national strike on 20 May. An indefinite strike from 29 May if the sale is not withdrawn.
21 March 2025 · Strike
Eastern Region of NCCOEEE prepares the 20 May 2025 national strike
Kolkata meeting of electricity federations treats generation, transmission, distribution, coal import and prepaid metering as one privatisation offensive.
14 March 2025 · Conference
Tenth National Conference, Thiruvananthapuram: forty years of EEFI
More than 350 delegates from 22 states and four Union Territories resolved to stop privatisation and to prepare two national strikes.
23 February 2025 · Conference
Nagpur: national convention of electricity unions and associations sets the strike line
Bhai Bardhan Memorial Hall. All unions and associations of employees and engineers of the power sector. Two national strike dates against privatisation and the Labour Codes.
20 January 2025 · State
Telangana artisans begin a four-day relay hunger strike for regularisation
TVAC JAC, 20–24 January 2025. Contract and outsourced electricity artisans demand absorption into regular service.
December 2024 · State
Chandigarh: employees, families and residents against sale of the Electricity Department
Stop the privatisation of electricity — Department of Chandigarh (U.T.). A public utility that pays its way is not a market for private licence.
12 February 2024 · State
Tamil Nadu constituents oppose trifurcation of TANGEDCO
EEFI units submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister and opened a statewide struggle against the circular splitting the utility.
2023 · State
Jammu and Kashmir: peaceful protest at Qazigund, Anantnag
The Non-Gazetted Electrical Employees Association pressed pending demands. EEFI sent greetings to the action.
20 March 2023 · Strike
Uttar Pradesh: government rolls back terminations after 72-hour strike
United forum of electricity employees and engineers forced a retreat after the 16–18 March strike, held under the threat of ESMA.
20 March 2023 · International
WFTU Working Women Committee: report from India
EEFI placed the condition of women electricity workers — maternity rights, COVID-era exploitation, and the unfinished work of organisation — before the international committee.
13–15 October 2022 · Conference
Ninth National Conference held at Chandigarh
The conference that preceded the fortieth-year session in Kerala.
1 April 2022 · State
Karnataka: twenty percent wage hike notified
The Chief Minister announced a 20 percent wage revision with effect from 1 April 2022 after sustained pressure from electricity unions.
From the book
Essays from Swami: The People’s Comrade, released at the 10th National Conference.
March 2025 · Editorial board
Preface
The birth centenary volume released at the 10th National Conference.
March 2025 · Pinarayi Vijayan
Dignified Thoughts and Simple Life
From the aluminium factory at Eloor to the leadership of CITU and EEFI.
March 2025 · Tapan Sen
Remembering Comrade E. Balanandan
A junior comrade’s account of Balanandan at the CITU Centre, and the tasks he left the movement.
March 2025 · Swadesh DevRoye
Militant Blue-Collar Factory Worker to President of CITU
The factory worker who founded EEFI and led the fight against neoliberal power policy.
March 2025 · A. K. Padmanabhan
A Life Devoted to the Cause of the Working People
Balanandan’s work in CITU and among electricity employees and engineers.
March 2025 · Prakash Karat
A Pillar of the Working-Class Movement and Marxist Leadership
The legislator who fought the Electricity Bill clause by clause in the Rajya Sabha.
March 2025 · Harbhajan Singh
Some Memories with Great Leader Comrade E. Balanandan
Personal memories of working with the founding President of EEFI.
March 2025 · Elamaram Kareem
Honouring Comrade E. Balanandan: A Pillar of Hope and Resistance
The President of EEFI on the life and example of Comrade Balanandan.
March 2025 · Dr. Hemalatha
Comrade E. Balanandan
A CITU leader’s note on the birth centenary and the organisation of the poor.
March 2025 · Dr. M. G. Suresh Kumar
Reflections on Comrade E. Balanandan: A Legacy of Clarity and Unity
Who is a worker? Development, environment, and the unity Balanandan taught.
March 2025 · E. Balanandan
Power Sector Reforms and Their Risky Consequences
Balanandan’s own essay on privatisation of electricity and the public interest.
March 2025 · K. Chandran Pillai
An Unparalleled Revolutionary Genius Emerging from the Working Class
A 2011 tribute recalled on the birth centenary.