Cruel Joke of Declining Informality

RECENTLY, a weird claim has been advanced by certain quarters within policy circles that informality in India has declined, the share of the informal sector in output and employment has gone down, and that’s an achievement to be celebrated for obvious reasons.

KERALA: CPI(M) State Conference Begins

THE 23rd Kerala state conference of the CPI(M) began on March 1, at Comrade B Raghavan Nagar (Marine Drive) in Kochi. The four-day conference from March 1-4, started with senior leader and Party state secretariat member Anathalavattam Anandan hoisting the red flag amidst thundering slogans. 400 delegates and 22 observers and Party workers and sympathizers gathered around the martyrs’ column and paid floral tributes. The inaugural session of the conference was presided over by Party Central Committee member E P Jayarajan.

UKRAINE: Stop this Invasion, Restore Peace

THE Russian invasion of Ukraine has set in motion developments that will have long term implications on European and world affairs. A full-fledged military operation on such a big scale mounted by Russia, whatever may be the provocations and perceived security threats, is not the way to resolve issues. An immediate ceasefire and recourse to diplomatic talks and negotiations must be undertaken.TWO IMPORTANT FACTORS There are two important factors leading to the situation that need to be taken into account. The first are the developments that have taken pl

Tripura State Conference of CPI(M): Accelerate Political-Ideological Initiative, Restore Democracy

THE 23rd state conference of the CPI(M) Tripura was held on February 25-26, 2022. The conference gave a clarion call: “Undertake all-out efforts, ideological, political and organisational, to be a competent defender of democracy.”The conference was held following a mammoth rally in Vivekananda Ground on the previous day. The conference started with flag hoisting by Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Party. Floral wreaths were placed at the martyrs' column and condolence resolution was placed in the memory of the 22 martyrs killed by BJP-IPFT goons in the last four years.

TRIPURA: Open Rally Generates High Fighting Spirit

ON the occasion of the 23rd CPI(M) state conference, for the first time since the BJP-IPFT tyrannical and repressive four-year rule, the people of the state witnessed a mammoth red wave at Vivekananda Stadium, in Agartala city on February 24. It was an overwhelming surge of Left people waving red flags as if they are freed of long time confinement.

March 28-29 General Strike will Transcend Struggle to New Height

THE joint platform of central trade unions and independent sectoral federations (CTUs) has given a call for countrywide two days’ general strike against the anti-people, anti-worker and anti-national destructive policy regime of Modi government with a clarion call to “save the peopleand save the nation”.WIDENING UNITED PLATFORMThis is going to be the 21st countrywide general strike against the retrograde neoliberal policy regime since its official advent in 1991.

Imperialism as an Abiding Phenomenon

THERE is a common misconception that while the immediate aftermath of political decolonisation was marked by attempts by metropolitan powers to retain control over the resources of the erstwhile colonies, for which they used all kinds of instruments from coups to armed interventions against the newly independent governments, that period got over after a time.

A Murder Most Foul: Protests Erupt in Bengal

IN a chilling midnight operation, firebrand student leader Anish Khan was exterminated by four men dressed in police uniform. Anish was a well-liked and exceedingly admired student leader of Aliyah University currently in the eye of intense students’ protests. He was also a very prominent face of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Kolkata. Anish was also known for being a very harsh and vocal critic of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress (TMC) government of Bengal.

Assam: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Rejuvenating the Party and the Left

THE 23rd Assam state conference of the CPI(M) was held from February 15-17, at Silchar in Cachar district. It may be noted that after 35 years, a state conference was held in Barak Valley in an enthusiastic atmosphere. 313 delegates and observers from 27 districts participated in the conference. Among the delegates Rishad Bhuyan was the youngest (21 years) and Hemen Das was the oldest (91 years) and 52 were women.The three-day conference was attended by CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Manik Sarkar, Brinda Karat and Nilotpal Basu.

Non Agricultural Rural Workers: A Sample Survey in Telangana

A SAMPLE survey on rural non-agricultural workers was conducted by the CITU state committee in Telangana. This has given a valuable experience and necessary information to understand their conditions and to decide future activity among them. Six small villages were selected from six districts – Sangareddy, Medak, Siddipet, Nizamabad, Narayanpet, and Bhadradri Kothagudem. Among them Kashipur, Devulapally, Ramsagar, Ambam and Kathanpally are common villages and Anjubaka is an adivasi tribal village.Two types of questionnaires were prepared.

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