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Finally, Modi Govt Wakes Up to Urban Joblessness – Or Does it?

UNEMPLOYMENT has been running at staggeringly high levels in India’s urban areas for the past several months. It had averaged about 7 per cent in 2018 and risen to over 8 per cent in 2019, then zoomed up to an incredible 26 per cent during the recent lockdown. After falling to about 12 per cent in June and further to 9.2 per cent in July, in August 2020 it is estimated at nearly 10 per cent. All these figures are from CMIE’s periodic surveys, which are the only source of such high frequency data. These urban rates have been consistently higher than those for rural areas.

TELANGANA: ‘Atma Nirbhar has Become Atma Samarpan With BJP at the Centre’

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing an online public meeting on September 1, organised by the Telangana state committee of the Party, said that the inefficiency of the government and its policies are helping the corporates and capitalists to amass wealth during the pandemic while all the main sectors have been thrown into crisis.The meeting was organised to discuss the effects of the state and central government policies on the people. Yechury said that Atma Nirbhar (self reliant) policy of the central government has led to Atma Samarpan (self surrender).

KERALA: DYFI Activists Brutally Murdered by Congress Goons

TWO activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) were hacked to death by Congress criminals on Onam night in Venjaramoodu, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Comrade Haq Mohamed (28), President of Kalinginmugham unit and Mithilaj (32), joint secretary of Thevalakad unit, were killed. Emerging reports suggest that the murder was meticulously planned and professionally executed with our comrades being held down and stabbed through the heart.

Kerala CM Announces 100 Days 100 Projects Action Plan

A DAY before the commencement of Onam, on August 30, Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan announced 100 projects that will be completed in the next 100 days as part of an action plan to boost the socio-economic status of the state.As part of the food security programme, the distribution of the much-lauded food kits was launched by the government during the Covid crisis and it  will continue for the next four months.

Haryana: Movement of rural sanitation workers in the state

THE day of October 2, 2007, is important for rural sanitation workers in the state. The then Congress government appointed these employees on the same day through gram panchayats on a monthly honorarium of Rs 3,525 to keep the villages clean and tidy. The number of these employees in the state is about 11,000. The government gave the right to pay an honorarium to the gram panchayats, with this decision of the government, the foundation of forced labour and harassment was laid.

Haryana: Movement of rural sanitation workers in the state

THE day of October 2, 2007, is important for rural sanitation workers in the state. The then Congress government appointed these employees on the same day through gram panchayats on a monthly honorarium of Rs 3,525 to keep the villages clean and tidy. The number of these employees in the state is about 11,000. The government gave the right to pay an honorarium to the gram panchayats, with this decision of the government, the foundation of forced labour and harassment was laid.

Haryana: Movement of rural sanitation workers in the state

THE day of October 2, 2007, is important for rural sanitation workers in the state. The then Congress government appointed these employees on the same day through gram panchayats on a monthly honorarium of Rs 3,525 to keep the villages clean and tidy. The number of these employees in the state is about 11,000. The government gave the right to pay an honorarium to the gram panchayats, with this decision of the government, the foundation of forced labour and harassment was laid.

Drabu’s assertions on Gupkar Declaration not based on facts: CPI(M)

ON August 30, Gulam Nabi, secretary of J & K CPI(M) while reacting to the former finance minister, Haseeb Drabu’s assertions on the 'Gupkar Declaration' with reference to CPI(M), said it was not based on facts.In an Op-Ed piece in Greater Kashmir, Drabu had questioned whether J&K CPI(M) had the blessing of the high command to be part of the Gupkar Declaration or it is a 'localised' show of solidarity.To put the records straight, the CPI(M) central leadership has strongly opposed unconstitutional, illegal and authoritarian decisions taken by the BJP government on August 5, 2019.

WEST BENGAL: Tributes Paid to the Food Movement Martyrs

COMRADES all across West Bengal paid tribute to the martyrs of the 1959 Food Movement in Bengal by hoisting the Party flag, offering flowers at their memorial and delivering speeches.The historic movement was constituted by thousands of farmers and workers of mills and common men who came forward on the streets, demanding the right to food, owing to the artificial scarcity of rice created by a nexus between the state government and landlords, rich peasants, rice mill owners, and traders.When the protests reached its peak, bullets were fired on the unarmed protesters, killing hundreds of peo

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