Observing Milk Day on 8th Dec'2010

The Milk Day of our state is observed on 8th December'2010 at "Bidhut Bhavan Auditorium" salt lake, Kolkata. Sri Ashim Dasgupta Hon'ble Finance Minister-In-Charge, Govt of West Bengal graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Sri Narayan Biswas, Hon'ble Animal Resources & Dairy Development Minister-In-Charge presided over the meeting. The other distinguished guests present in the occasion were Principal Secretary ARDD, MD- Metro Dairy, Zilla Sabha dhipati- Birbhum, Milk Commissioner, MD Milk Federation.

Approximately four hundred delegates from different districts attended the Milk Day ceremony. Many prizes were given away to the leading Milk Co-operatives, Milk Sellers, Distributors, Students for making their mark in there respective fields. 

Sri Ashim Dasgupta in his inaugural speech announced increase of milk procurement price by Rs 2/- per liter for the primary milk producers. This announcement was acknowledgement with joy by the milk producers present in the occasion. He further stressed to look at the productivity of milk and suggested bread up-gradation of bovine population  in coming years. Sri Narayan Biswas during his speech mentioned that at present the milk production stands to 45 lacs liter per day were as it was 40 lac liters during 2006. Hon'ble Minister referred it as an significant growth.          

২০০৯ সালে ডিসেম্বর মাসে  পশ্চিমবঙ্গ দুগ্ধ সমবায় কর্মচারী ইউনিয়নের সম্মেলন হয়েছে । সম্মেলনে নয়া কমিটি গঠিত হয়েছে । ২০০০ সাল থেকে ২০০৯ সাল পর্যন্ত শ্রী প্রফুল্ল ভট্টাচার্য্য সংগঠনে সম্পাদক পদে আসীন ছিলেন । সংগঠনের অধিকাংশ সদস্যদের চাহিদা অনুযায়ী, বিশেষভাবে নেতৃত্বদায়ী অংশের পূর্ণ সমর্থনে তার সময়কালেই ২০০৬ সালে সংস্থায় West Bengal Service Conduct Rule বা WBSR । সেই সময়ে WBSR লাগু করার কারনে সকল স্তরের কর্মী ও অফিসারদের দ্বারা প্রশংসীত হন। অথচ ক'এক বছরের মধ্যেই তার সহযোগী  বিশেষভাবে নেতৃত্বদায়ী অংশের এবং কর্মচরীদের একাংশের হঠাত্ বোধদয় হয় যে WBSR কর্মচারীদের সার্থ রক্ষিত হচ্ছে না।

ঐক্য - সংগ্রাম - ঐক্য

দীর্ঘ দিন পরে Milk Federation-এর কর্মীদের ঐক্যবদ্ধ সংগ্রাম লক্ষ্য করা গেল । সংস্থার কিছু কর্মচারী নিজদের স্বার্থে অত্যন্ত গোপনে কতৃপক্ষের একাংশের যোগসাজোগে সংস্থার বিধীবদ্ধ Medical Insurance-এর sum insured বা medical coverage-এর অর্থ ২ লক্ষ টাকা থেকে আড়াই লক্ষ টাকা করে নেবার পদক্ষেপ গ্রহন করে । এর ফলে অধিকাংশ কর্মী সুজোগ হারাচ্ছিল । বিষয়টি জানাজানি হয়ে যাওয়ায় কর্মচারীরা ঐক্যবদ্ধ ভাবে প্রতিবাদে সামিল হয় ।

Com Kalyan Paul is no more with us.

Com Kalyan Paul is no more with us. On 20th May'2010 morning, he had to face a severe road accident. Immediate after the accident he was admitted to "Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences" popularly known as Devi Sethi's Hospital at Mukundapur, Kolkata. Attending doctors immediately informed that the condition of the patient was very much critical. Since then he was admitted to Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU). Unfortunately,today morning the condition of Com Paul worsened and he passed away at around 7.30 am. As per the doctor's version due to loss of excessive blood, the blood pressure fell rapidly and ultimately died of cardiac failure.


Com Kalyan Paul joined his services of Milk Federation as the Senior Messenger in the year 1983. He was the oldest serving employee of the Milk Federation. Since 1990, the formation of "W.B.C.M.P.F Employees' Union", he became one of the pioneer member of the trade union. He left behind his deceased wife and two daughter.


Throughout his service tenure he remained ever faithful and committed to his entrusted official job. He also took great interest in the trade union activity as well. Comrade Paul will always be remembered for his generous behavior, reliability and sense of commitment. We lost one of our beloved and finest comrade. We all pay our homage to his departed sole and our deepest condolences to his family.

The Unresolved Contradiction

Truth. Truth. Truth. Perhaps search for truth is one of the greatest driving force and reality of each and every intelligent human being in general and philosophers in particular. Workers of the dairy industry is no exception. The experience of life taught the workers to stay vigil and search for the truth is the only thing which matters the most.

Division of workers in different Trade Unions makes no good to the unity and struggle of the workers. This happens to be the age old experience of the workers. At the same time, it is also their experience that even mere staying mum in a workers organization is also no good neither for the worker nor the organization. Any living organization is bound to have it's inherent contradictions. And serious efforts to resolve those contradictions makes the organization more progressive and living. The organization leaps forwards as it resolves the contradiction. Avoidance or mere bye passing any contradiction neither make any good to the organization nor to the members.

Sometimes, it becomes inevitable to depart from the organization for the sake of resolving a age old unresolved contradiction, which can determine the fundamental course of the organization based on certain basic philosophy. Therefore in certain cases breaking-up of a organization, in search of truth or to resolve a basic philosophical contradiction, actually helps that organization to leap forward in a certain definite direction.

The workers of the "West Bengal Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Employees' Union" are at the cross roads in this venerable time. The rightist forces functional within the Employees' Union are actually standing in the cross roads. The upsurge of Trinomul Congress in the political arena has encouraged them to part away from the left oriented Trade Union. It's true that it's the high time for them to depart. Otherwise in the changed political scenario they may not find their feet on the grounded.

The workers of the Milk Federation as of now apparently stands united in a single trade union. The external political pressure is ever growing in a steady space. The internal turmoil of the trade union is directly proportional to the external turmoil. Therefore the future course of movements of the workers will be clearly determined by the external forces but not by themselves only. The outcome of the present contradiction between the right and left alienation will surely determine the future course of the trade union or the formation of a new Trade Union. Perhaps the "Benmilk Employees' Union".