India’s shameful record on wealth inequality

WEALTH data are quite unreliable; and wealth distribution data even more so. Not much faith can be reposed on the absolute figures; but cross-country comparisons, and also movements in the shares of the top decile or percentile of the population over time in any country, are less likely to be affected by the infirmity of the absolute figures.

Karnataka: Massive rally in Gulbarga against CAA

A MASSIVE rally, with an estimated participation of over five lakh people, on January 21, 2020 in Gulbarga, Karnataka gave a clarion call for a civil disobedience against the central government for implementing the CAA(Citizenship Amendment Act). The call for the rally was given by the Karnataka People’s Forum(KPF) comprising political parties and other sections of the civil society. The major political parties of the KPF are Congress, JD(S), CPI, SUCI and the CPI(M) along with some of the major groups working amongst the tribals and the dalits.

Delhi CPI(M) to contest three seats

THE CPI(M) Delhi state committee has announced the following names for the Delhi assembly elections, which will be held on February 8, 2020.

1. Badarpur- Jagdish Chand
2. Karawal Nagar- Ranjit Tiwari
3. Wazirpur – Nathu Ram

CITU Conference Call: Unite in Struggle to Reclaim what is rightfully ours

THE historic juncture in which the 16th all India conference of CITU began on January 23 in Chennai, was ringing loud and clear. In the backdrop of breathless mounting of attacks on the lives and livelihood of the toiling people and on their hard-won rights for collective bargaining on the one hand, and on the other, the building resistance all across the country to fight back these attacks, specially the magnificent All India General Strike held just two weeks back – the challenges before the conference are clear and grave.

Central Committee Communique

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met at EMS Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from January 17 to 19, 2020. It has issued the following statement on January 19.

Maharashtra: Scrap NPS, restore old pension scheme

A JOINT convention by employees of central and state government, railways and teachers was held in Mumbai on December 24, 2019 demanding the scrapping of NPS(new pension scheme) and restoration of the OPS(old pension scheme).

Successful grameen Bharat bandh

A CALL for ‘rural hartal’ - grameen Bharat bandh on January 8, 2020 was given in the meeting of Central Kisan Council(CKC) of the All India Kisan Sabha(AIKS), on November 22, 2019. The call of grameen Bharat bandh was also endorsed by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Co-ordination Committee (AIKSCC), in a convention which was held on November 29-30, 2019 at Delhi. Support to the January 8 industrial strike, a call given by the 10 central trade unions was also endorsed by the convention.

Jharkhand: Report on state assembly elections

FOR 81 seats of the state assembly, elections were held from November 30 to December 20 and counting was done of December 23, 2019.

Bolsonaro Not Welcome

JAIR Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, is on a State visit to India and will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade at the invitation of the Modi government. This is a disgrace for the Indian people who are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Indian Constitution. Bolsonaro is the anti-thesis of all the values enshrined in our constitution.

Don’t Politicise the Army

THE public remarks made by some leaders of the armed forces are a departure from the strictly professional and non-political role of the armed forces. This is happening because the Modi government seems to be consciously encouraging the top echelons of the defence forces to air views in line with its Hindutva nationalist outlook.

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