ISRO employees seek meeting with Chairperson to discuss queries on privatisation
The Joint Action Council (JAC) of ISRO employees has requested a formal meeting with the agency's Chairperson to address ongoing concerns regarding the privatization of space operations and technology transfers. Employees argue that current policy shifts lack transparency and threaten the future role of ISRO as a public-owned entity.
Why it matters
This conflict highlights the tension between India's push to privatize its space sector to boost commercial growth and the job security and operational concerns of the existing public-sector workforce.
The Joint Action Council (JAC), representing nine Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) employees’ associations, have sought a meeting with the Chairperson of the space agency, Dr. V. Narayanan, to discuss key issues , like emerging threats of privatisation and transfer of technology, among others.
In a letter dated October 7, the nine associations requested an early structured personal interaction or meeting to discuss the future role of ISRO, emerging threats of privatisation, transfer of technology, and operational functions of launch vehicles and facilities.
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They have sought a clarification on other pressing employee issues, including inordinate stagnation after Cadre Review, recruitment and attrition, concentration of functional positions, vigilance clearance relating to Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS), and restoration of Joint Consultative Mechanisms (Joint Consultative Machinery).
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