Create a social security fund for unorganised and agriculture workers, fill vacancies of central government departments and PSUs, stop privatisation of government companies are the key demands of central trade unions, which was presented to the finance ministry earlier on Thursday, Moneycontrol has learnt.

"Privatisation of PSUs and its latest format – National Monetisation Pipeline process should be stopped and scrapped forthwith," the CTUs wrote in a letter submitted to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a pre-Budget meeting today.

There are 12 CTUs in India, and the signatories of the letter include the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), and the Hin

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