Blundering on Ethanol

THE Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways announced in end-April new rules governing the use of significantly higher proportions of Ethanol in petrol blends for automobiles than the presently mandated 20 per cent ethanol blended petrol (EBP 20 or E20). This paves the way for introduction of blends such as E28 or E85 as well as E100 or pure ethanol.

PM’s Callous Appeal for Austerity Hides Govt.’s Failures

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has made a desperate appeal to the working people of India calling for drastic cut in use of various essential commodities including fuel, edible oil and fertilisers. There has rarely been such a telling admission of incompetence, abject failure of governance and foreign policy by any Prime Minister in recent times.

“Cuba Will Not Give In!”: Cuban Foreign Minister Calls for Greater International Solidarity

At a solidarity event organized by the National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba at HKS Surjeet Bhawan in New Delhi on May 16, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla delivered a detailed address on the situation facing Cuba amid escalating pressure from the United States.

Beyond BJP's Assam Victory

THE results of the recent Assam Assembly elections have once again brought the BJP-led alliance back to power with a clear majority. From the perspective of seats won, this victory is undoubtedly significant. However, a deeper analysis of the election outcome reveals that this verdict is not merely a straightforward expression of overwhelming public support. Rather, it reflects the complex and contradictory political reality prevailing in Assam today.

Credibility Flows from Lived Experience, Not Fictional Spin

THE trouble with the post truth world is that it has an expiry date. The truth can be glossed over for some finite length of time, not perpetually. Truth eventually triumphs. It seems that we have reached that hour of reckoning. Indications were pronounced, coming from the Prime Minister himself, when he in no uncertain terms asserted the need for Indian citizens to ‘tighten their belts’ – an ‘austerity package of sorts’!

30th Conference of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers’ Union Held

The 30th state conference of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers’ Union – the state unit of the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU) -- began on May 11 in Amalapuram, Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district, with a massive rally followed by a public meeting.

Kharif MSP: Government Insensitive to Farmers’ Plight

The BJP-led Union Government has once again cheated the farmers of India by declaring a paltry increase in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the Kharif season of 2026. This is in no way commensurate with the massive increase in the costs of inputs like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, petrol, electricity, and water, especially in the context of the West Asian crisis.

AIKS Strongly Protests Failure to Curb Surge in Fertiliser Prices, Demands Measures to Prevent Black Marketing and Hoarding

The Modi Regime’s policy of succumbing to US Imperialism has damaged India’s energy, fuel and fertiliser security. Inadequate Fertiliser stocks will lead to diminished harvest yields, food inflation and escalate rural economic distress.

Dismantling the MGNREGS

THE Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was perhaps the most consequential legislation enacted in post-independence India.

Bishnu Mohanty: One of Odisha’s tallest trade union leaders no more

Comrade Bishnu Mohanty, all-India vice-president of CITU, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on May 9. He was 75. He had been suffering from pneumonia and acute diabetic, and was admitted to the hospital on April 23.

Search form

Peoples Democracy newsletter