{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/tata-power-odisha-contractual-workers-redeployment","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/tata-power-odisha-contractual-workers-redeployment.md","title":"Tata Power Says No Contractual Workers Retrenched in Odisha","headline":"Tata Power's Gajanan Kale Says 374 of 15,300 Contractual Workers Identified for Redeployment","description":"Tata Power says no contractual workers were retrenched in Odisha, with 374 of about 15,300 identified for redeployment and roughly 200 already reassigned.","section":"Restructuring","published_at":"2026-11-11T05:12:23+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-11T05:12:23+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Gajanan Kale, CEO of Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited, said 374 of about 15,300 contractual workers were identified for redeployment.","Kale said around 200 of the 374 identified workers have already moved to new assignments.","Contractual workers on protest under the Odisha Bidyut Contract Workers Milita Manch have been requested to join by November 15, 2026."],"companies":[{"name":"Tata Power","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000k63/tata-power","website":"https://www.tatapower.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"New Indian Express","title":"Odisha: Tata Power says no contractual workers have been retrenched","url":"https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2026/Nov/11/odisha-tata-power-says-no-contractual-workers-have-been-retrenched"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Restructuring","Tata Power"],"body_markdown":"Gajanan Kale, chief of [Tata Power](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000k63/tata-power)'s Odisha distribution business and CEO of Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), said no contractual workers have been retrenched, with 374 of a contractual workforce of around 15,300 identified for redeployment. The [New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2026/Nov/11/odisha-tata-power-says-no-contractual-workers-have-been-retrenched) reported the clarification on November 11, 2026, during an indefinite hunger strike by contractual electricity workers.\n\n## Kale's Account of the Redeployment Exercise\n\nKale said Tata Power has no obligations to contractual employees who are employed by business associates to whom annual maintenance, billing, meter installation and other works have been outsourced. He said the redeployment exercise was being carried out in compliance with regulatory and government guidelines. Of the 374 workers identified, around 200 have already moved to their new assignments.\n\n\"We have not asked out business associates to retrench any of the contractual employees as being alleged. The contractual workers on protest have been requested to join by November 15, 2026,\" Kale said.\n\nThe clarification comes amid protests by contractual electricity workers under the banner of the Odisha Bidyut Contract Workers Milita Manch for over 40 days at Gandhi Marg in Bhubaneswar. The protesters are opposing tender-based layoffs, sudden dismissals following changes in contractors and the contractual employment system, and are demanding reinstatement of terminated workers and job security.\n\nKale said the contractual workforce of TPCODL had increased from around 6,000 in 2020 to approximately 15,300 at present due to growth in consumers and electricity demand. Across all four discoms, he said, the contractual workforce has more than doubled to over 55,000. He reiterated that no contractual employee had been retrenched in accordance with government directives.\n\n## Tata Power's Odisha Consumer Base\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Tata Power serves over 12 million consumers through distribution companies under public-private partnership in Delhi and Odisha. The same records list installed and managed capacity of 14,101 MW across thermal, solar, wind and hydro segments, and a clean and green energy portfolio of 7,856 MW with 7,884 MW of operational renewable capacity.\n\n## Earlier Tata Power Announcements\n\nOn November 6, 2026, BusinessLine reported that Tata Power installed 60 MWh battery storage projects in Mumbai's Mahalaxmi, Saki and Mankhurd areas, part of a 200 MWh BESS plan across 10 locations approved by MERC in April 2025. On October 27, 2026, ScanX reported that Tata Power signed an MoU with BPCL to develop 110 kV power infrastructure for the PRFCCU project at BPCL's Mumbai Refinery, requiring 90 MW of power with a combined outlay of approximately ₹250 crore and a completion timeline of about 24 months. On October 24, 2026, Machine Maker reported that Tata Power and Imperial College London signed an MoU to collaborate on energy research covering grid flexibility, storage, AI and advanced systems.\n\n## November 15 Joining Deadline\n\nKale said the contractual workers on protest have been requested to join by November 15, 2026.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}