NCSC to probe 'discrimination' at UTI

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) plans to investigate caste discrimination complaints against Unit Trust of India (UTI)

GN Bureau | August 2, 2011



The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) plans to investigate caste discrimination complaints against Unit Trust of India (UTI)

UTI employees belonging to SCs have filed a complaint with the commission, accusing their employer of discriminatory attitude, the panel said in a press release on Tuesday.

Basic emoluments of such employees had not been revised for the past 10 years, while some newly appointed employees were given disproportionate huge emoluments, it said.

When P L Punia, chairman of the commission, held a discussion with Radhakrishanan, head of human resources (HR) at UTI AMC Ltd., the latter said that the firm follows a discriminatory approach to survive market competition, according to the press release.

To this, Punia said, “I agree that UTI is a premiere institute and has to survive the competition but they can’t follow a discriminatory approach towards the underprivileged section of society.”

He added, “We will soon depute an officer of the commission to look into the matter and also conduct a review meeting of UTI.”

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