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Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Mobilise Nationwide on Children’s Day for Key Demands

ON Children’s Day, November 14, thousands of Anganwadi workers and helpers across the country held massive mobilisations, demanding the enactment of a law to ensure Early Childhood Development (ECD), the institutionalisation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme on its 50th anniversary, and the implementation of the recent Gujarat High Court order on the regularisation of Anganwadi workers and helpers.The All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) organised these events as part of a year-long campaign to mark the golden jubilee of the ICDS Scheme, no

UP: Bahraich: No Entry Zone

IN the morning of November 19, a CPI(M) group consisting of Hiralal (state secretary), B L Bharti (state secretariat member) and I left for Bahraich to see for ourselves what the situation was after the horrible events of October 7th.  On that day, a ‘Durga Visarjan’ procession was deliberately taken out from the Muslim-dominated area of Maharajganj town.  The major part of the procession passed through without any untoward incident but the last groups of participants stopped in front of the mosque and started playing obscene songs on the DJ which consisted mainly of, what is known in North

Sri Lanka: ‘Given Power Will Be Used to Fulfill The Aspirations of the People’

JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva assures that the power given by the people will be used to fulfil their expectations. He made this assurance while addressing a press conference of the National People’s Power held at the JVP head office at Pelawaththa on November 15th afternoon after the release of the election results.

Book Adani on Corruption Charges

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 21THE indictment filed in a United States court by the Department of Justice against Gautam Adani and six others contain serious charges of Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani being involved in paying bribes to Indian government officials at the centre and states level.  The indictment states that Rs 2,029 crores was offered or promised to Indian government officials to get state electricity distribution companies to execute power sale agreements for the supply of solar power. The case has come up in t

Grave Situation in Manipur

CPI(M) Polit Bureau  has issued the following statement on November 18, 2024A GRAVE situation has developed in Manipur with the intensification of violence due to killings and counter killings on ethnic lines.  20 people have been killed in various incidents since November 7.  The discovery of five bodies of women and children, who were abducted earlier in a horrific incident, has inflamed the situation in the Valley. Right from the beginning, it was Chief Minister Biren Singh who was responsible for the deteriorating situation, yet the central government and the B

India’s Shambolic Fighter Jet Procurement

WHAT can you possibly call it when history repeats itself many times over, way beyond tragedy and farce? That old horror story, India’s efforts at “urgent” procurement of fighter aircraft to make up for depleting of fleet strength, is set to start all over again. Authoritative sources have been telling various media outlets that the government will “soon” issue a Request for Proposal (RfP), in other words a tender, for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) valued at an estimated $20 billion (INR 1 lakh forty thousand crore) to be manufactured in India.

Manipur: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Restoration of Peace in the State

THE 20th state conference of Manipur state committee of the CPI(M) was held in Imphal on November 15, 2024. The conference began with Ningthoujam Tomba, aged 101 years, freedom fighter and associate of the legendary leader and founder of Communist Party of Manipur Comrade Hijam Irawat Singh, hoisting the red flag amidst slogan shouting. All delegates paid respects to the martyrs who were killed by the class enemies, communal and fundamentalist forces. The conference was held in a hall named after Comrade Sitaram Yechury.

Fiscal Transfers to Capitalists

IT is common for governments these days to provide fiscal transfers to capitalists, whether through reduced corporate tax rates, or by providing direct cash subsidies, to encourage greater investment by them and thereby stimulate the economy. During Donald Trump’s first presidency there had been a cut in corporate tax rate with this objective in mind. In India the Modi government, as is well-known, has given massive tax concessions with the same objective.

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