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).

TN: Senior Leader of the Party Com D Lakshmanan Passes Away

THE CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state committee expresses its deep sorrow on the passing away of one of the senior leaders of the Party in Tamil Nadu Com D Lakshmanan, at the age of 84, due to the coronavirus on August 24 night at a hospital in Chennai.The CPI(M) Tamilnadu state committee conveys its deepest condolences over the demise of D Lakshmanan.Born in a poor family Comrade DL joined the government service and worked in the veterinary department.He organised the government employees in the veterinary department in the union and joined hands with Comrade M R Appan in various struggles for the

Postpone Finalisation of HDMP & NDMH

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, urged prime minister Narendra Modi to postpone the finalisation of the Health Data Management Policy (HDMP) and the National Digital Health Mission (NDMH) before parliament concludes its consideration on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019.While the government sought comments on the HDMP by September 3, Yechury urged the prime minister to postpone the date for final comments.

Profound Grief at the Death of Shri Pranab Mukherjee

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 31THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the death of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former president of India.Pranab Mukherjee was one of India’s leading political figures who contributed in various capacities as an elected member of parliament and serving as a senior minister in many governments for many decades, before being finally elected as the president of IndiaHe maintained cordial relations with political parties across the board and often played th

Centre Must Pay GST Dues to the States

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 28THE union finance minister’s admission at the GST council’s meeting yesterday that the central government is unable to pay the state governments’ their dues for this financial year, 2020-21, is atrocious. The GST revenue shortfall for the states is estimated at a whopping Rs 2.35 lakh crores. Telling the states to borrow from the RBI to bridge this gap is obnoxious. The central government is legally bound to fulfil its obligations of payment of GST dues.

Indian Economy in Severe Recession

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 1THE data released by the government yesterday shows the total devastation of the Indian economy that began much before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged. A 24 per cent fall in the GDP growth rate is phenomenal and unprecedented.

Tasks Among the Peasant Masses – I

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party adopted a resolution on the ‘Tasks Among the Peasant Masses’, in its meeting in April 1954. This resolution dealt with the questions related to “ceiling, ‘right of resumption’, rent reduction, tax burdens, economic price for the peasants’ produce, indebtedness, consolidation of holdings and prevention of fragmentation, cooperative societies, panchayats, irrigation facilities, demands of agricultural labourers and the problems of building and activising Kisan organisations”.

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.

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