Supreme Court Advisory on Governor’s Role Disappointing

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 22, 2025THE Supreme Court's advisory opinion on the Presidential reference regarding the powers of Governors under Article 200 of the Constitution, is disappointing. It will not in anyway check the assault on the rights of states that is ongoing due to the over-centralisation of powers in the hands of the Centre.

Withdraw Labour Codes and Anti-Farmer Policies: Nationwide protest by TUs and Samyukt Kisan Morcha

At the call of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, massive protests took place all over the country against the four labour codes and the anti-farmer policies of the central government in the formal and informal sectors, in government, public sector enterprises, and industrial areas, in rural India and also at block-sub-division levels by informal sector workers, agricultural labour and farmers and other sections of common people.

J&K CITU State Conference Calls to Intensify Struggles

THE 7th State Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Jammu & Kashmir, was held on November 22, 2025, in Srinagar. The conference deliberated upon various issues and problems confronting the working class, with the resolve to intensify the struggles to fight anti-working class and anti-people polices of the government.The conference started with the flag hoisting ceremony by M Y Tarigami, president J&K CITU amid revolutionary slogans raised by hundreds of workers with red flags in their hands at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Floral tributes were offered in memory of martyrs who sacr

IPTA Affirms Commitment to Cultural Resistance

THE 17th West Bengal State Conference of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) concluded with a powerful commitment from delegates. They resolved to move beyond mere discussion, prioritising creative action as the central strategy for public engagement and mobilization.The conference of artists and cultural activists took place from November 14 to 16, 2025, at Salt Lake, Bidhannagar.

EPS 95 Minimum Pension Hike - Government's Stance - Pension Background

IN 2013, the United Progressive Alliance government led by the Congress party decided to increase the minimum pension to Rs 1000. However, it was not implemented. The NDA government led by Narendra Modi implemented it in 2014. But even today many people still receive a pension of less than Rs 1000. Since then, the prices of all goods and services have increased dramatically. Therefore, retired EPS pensioners and all the trade unions are demanding an increase in the minimum pension to Rs 9,000.

Class Jihad: A Blueprint for Enslavement of Workers

FOUR Labour Codes have been notified by the Government of India immediately after NDA’s major electoral victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, and the accompanying euphoria. The Codes on wages, industrial relations, occupational safety and social security override in the name of ‘simplification of 29 Labour Laws’.The truth is, the Labour Codes dilute and remove vestiges of labour protection which were enshrined in those laws. On the question of job security, all possible roles of the Labour Department will be dispensed with.

Attack on Rural Education under Neoliberalism and NEP 2020

EDUCATION has become an important aspect to understand the rural society due to its influence in determining the elements of “everyday life of the people, such as family relationships, marriage alliances, migration, and consumption besides direct impact on occupational and economic activities” according to a study of two Tamil Nadu villages, published in 2024 by the Foundation of Agrarian Studies (FAS).

Constitutional Provisions Require Progressive Interpretations

THE recent advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Reference concerning the powers of the Governor and the President marks a deeply troubling moment for Indian democracy and federalism.

CITU Debunks Govt Claims on Four Labour Codes, Demands Repeal

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has debunked the government’s fraudulent claims made on the four Labour Codes and demanded repeal of the decision to make them effective from November 21, 2025 as announced in the PIB statement of the same day.

Belem Climate COP30: implement what?

THE climate summit COP30 in Belem, Brazil, where the mighty Amazon River drains into the Atlantic Ocean, formally began on 10 November 2025. The summit has been labeled the “implementation COP,” because of a narrative that, whereas so many promises and commitments have been made earlier, it is necessary to focus on implementation and delivery which are widely recognized to be lagging far behind.

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