The IMF’s True Colours

THE Covid-19 crisis has seen a very different response from the advanced countries compared to the third world countries. The former have unrolled substantial fiscal packages for rescue and recovery while the latter have been trapped in fiscal austerity. Among third world countries, India’s fiscal package has been perhaps the most niggardly, amounting to no more than one per cent of GDP; but even other third world countries have not fared all that much better.

Interest On Small Savings Must Not Be Reduced

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 1, 2021.THE finance minister’s retraction of the announcement made by the government yesterday of drastically reducing interest rates on small saving schemes does not fool anybody. It is clear that due to the ongoing assembly elections in five states this decision has been kept on hold. This is similar to the dictate imposed by the government on oil retailers to not hike the prices of petroleum products till the elections are over.Crores of people who invest i

Cuba on the Go

ON March 28, caravans marched in Havana, Cuba and another 50 cities around the world demanding an end to the US-imposed blockade on Cuba. In addition to demanding an end to the blockade, the caravan in Havana was dedicated to thanking the world for the solidarity and opposition to the hostile policies of the US government. The caravans began in Miami, US and were held in many cities in the US and in other continents on the last Sunday of every month, since the last nine months.

Para Sportspersons Treated in a Reprehensible Manner

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) expressed dismay at the deplorable and reprehensible manner in which the National Para Athletics Championship was conducted in Bengaluru from March 24 to 27, 2021. NPRD has written a letter to the minister for youth and sports, Kiren Rijiju, on March 25, after having been flooded with complaints of varying natures from the athletes.Originally scheduled to be held at Chennai, the venue was changed at the last minute to Bengaluru.

Keeping in Abeyance Elections to Rajya Sabha from Kerala is Wrong

NILOTPAL Basu, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) wrote a letter to the chief election commissioner(CEC), Election Commission of India on March 25, asking the CEC to immediately revoke the decision of the commission to put in abeyance the biennial election for three seats to the Council of States in Kerala.We reproduce the letter written by him:We are shocked at the abrupt announcement of the Election Commission of India’s decision to keep the proposed notification and schedule for biennial election for three seats to the Council of States in Kerala on March 24, in abeyance.(through the pres

TN: Farmers, Fisher Folk Mahapanchayat

MARCH 27, 2021 saw a huge confluence of over 20,000 farmers and fisher folk at the coastal village Keelhaulers Manakudy, near Kanyakumari, the land’s end where three seas meet at the confluence.Addressing the mahapanchayat, Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha stated that lakhs of farmers of the country are at the Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and Shahjahanpur borders of Delhi for the last four months. 300 farmers have been martyred but the BJP government in power does not care; they only care for the corporates.

Linking Payment To ‘Poshan Tracker’ App, Illegal & Unethical

ALL India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers(AIFAWH has condemned the decision of the central government to complete the downloading of the “Poshan Tracker” App by March 15, 2021. This application is supposed to be downloaded by all the anganwadi workers and helpers.The payment of the honorarium of anganwadi workers and helpers from March 2021 onwards will be done through this app.

People of Kerala are Poised to Create History

AN explicit wave in favour of the Left Democratic Front is visible across Kerala where the assembly elections are going to be held on April 6. The leadership and rank and file of the LDF are confident of making a historic victory through re-election of an incumbent government. As LDF is certain of mobilising the people to victory, the opposition UDF seems aimless and is making false allegations against the government.

KERALA: Social Security and the Left Alternative

TWO recent reports submitted in the Lok Sabha by parliamentary standing committees on rural development and agriculture give an unflattering picture of the current state of the flagship pension schemes undertaken by the union government, shedding light on the reality that is masked by campaign slogans like ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. The gains made by the LDF government in Kerala make for a study in contrast.The first one is the 13th report of the parliamentary standing committee on rural development.

TN: Vote to AIADMK is a Vote to BJP, RSS : CPI(M)

AS the campaign for the ensuing state assembly elections is underway, senior CPI(M) leaders undertook a whirlwind tour in many parts of Tamil Nadu over the last fortnight. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury campaigned in support of CPI and CPI(M) candidates in Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Pudukkottai and Dindigul districts. Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat attended public meetings at many places in Madurai and Thoothukudi districts in support of Party’s candidates in Thiruparankundram and Kovilpatti constituencies on March 26 and 27.

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