Reforming the Regulator: Parliamentary Committee Report on Medical Council of India

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies India as one of the 57 countries with a critically low level of human resources available for healthcare. This would not come as a surprise given the evidence in the country of widespread shortages of skilled health workers of all kind including doctors, nurses and other health workers – in most parts of the country. The shortage of health workers and the attendant poor quality of skills in a large proportion of them is one of the biggest obstacles to the availability of quality healthcare services in India.

BJP’s Claim of Corruption-free Govt Falls Flat in Maharashtra

MAHARASHTRA Revenue and Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse, the number two in the BJP-led state government, addressed a press conference at the BJP office in Mumbai on June 4 to announce his resignation. Putting up a brave face, he said he had resigned from the state government to uphold high moral values of BJP, although the charges of corruption levelled against him were “baseless” and those pointing fingers at him had not produced any evidence.

Work Sincerely to Fulfil People’s Needs, Vijayan Tells Secretariat Officials

KERALA Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called upon officials posted at the state secretariat to work sincerely in coordination with each other and focus on the needs of the people to ensure that the election mandate is enforced properly by the government.

General Insurance Employees’ Association (South Zone) Conference Held

THE 16th triennial conference of General Insurance Employees’ Association (South Zone), affiliated to All India Insurance Employee’s Association (AIIEA), was held in Mysore in Karnataka on June 6-8. In a resolution unanimously adopted at the conference, the Association demanded the government not to disinvest shares of public sector general insurance companies -- The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., United India Insurance Co. Ltd., National Insurance Co. Ltd., Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

Kairana : False Story of Exodus

NOT just the BJP, but the entire Sangh Parivar has announced its intention of preparing for the UP state assembly elections in 2017 ‘on a war footing’. A victory in UP is essential to bolster its campaign for another big win in the next Lok Sabha elections. It needs to be remembered that the Sangh Parivar prepared for the last Lok Sabha elections of 2014 ‘on a war footing’ in UP – bloody riots, attacks on poor, Muslim families in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Shamli districts of Western Uttar Pradesh and their forced exodus from the homes and villages to makeshift refugee camps were the resul

Farmers Resent Forcible Land Acquisition for Bangalore-Chennai Expressway

THE land acquisition process for Bangalore-Chennai Expressway project stands a testimony to the government’s neglect of the interests of the farmers and other stakeholders in the backdrop of globalisation and economic liberalisation policies. In three talukas of Kolar district and one taluka of Bengaluru Rural district in Karnataka, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is rushing for acquiring lands in an authoritarian way.

CPI(M) Will Fight Back Terror in West Bengal

THE CPI(M) has decided to develop broader unity to resist violent attacks on people in West Bengal after the elections. The state committee meeting of the Party, on June 11-12 called upon the Party workers and people to stand in unison against murderous attacks. Party will also focus on issues of livelihood to build up class and mass movements.

A Victory For Victimised Hindustan Times Workers: DUJ

THE Delhi Union of Journalists, in a statement issued on June 9, has congratulated the workers of Hindustan Times Ltd for yet another legal victory in their prolonged struggle against unfair dismissal by the management. A district court has told the management to “reinstate all the eligible Workmen with effect from 03.10.04 itself”.

CPI(M) Organises Dharna against Attempts to Communally Polarise Dadri

THE Delhi state committee of the CPI(M) had organised a dharna at Jantar Mantar on June 11 against the nefarious designs towards fresh communal polarisation in Dadri. Hundreds of people participated in this dharna.

CITU Condemns Retrograde Move to Sell-out CPSEs

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has condemned the retrograde move by the Modi government to fast-track sale of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) with huge asset base to private hands. With this dubious intent, the NITI Ayog has been made to submit a list of CPSEs to the Prime Minister’s Office recommending fast-track sale of these companies on various pretext.

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