What is Economic Development?

WHEN Adam Smith’s opus in 1776 took an increase in wealth as the desideratum of a nation’s policy, he was not suggesting that the question of income distribution between different classes did not matter. Likewise David Ricardo was by no means unconcerned with an improvement in the living conditions of the workers.

Kerala Assembly Elections

The Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) has secured a comfortable victory in the State Assembly elections, gaining an absolute majority with 102 seats. The LDF managed to win 35 seats, while the NDA secured 3 seats. The UDF repeated the dominance it displayed in the 2025 local body elections in this assembly poll held three months later. Within the UDF, the Congress won 63 seats, the Muslim League 22, and the Kerala Congress 7.

CPI(M) West Bengal Statement on 2026 Assembly Election Results

The election results in West Bengal have been declared. Leveraging communal polarisation, immense financial power and administrative manoeuvring, the BJP is set to form the government by capitalising on the boundless public anger against the TMC regime. Following a preliminary analysis of the overall situation, Md Salim, the State Secretary of the CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee, has issued the following statement.

Marx, New Technology and New Society

Technological development and innovation have been the driving force of human civilisation. With change in technologies, the production process, labour process and measurement of human contribution to social product undergoes change. The current phase of digital technology with AI as the emerging general-purpose technology is also going to radically alter the production process.

The Retrograde ‘New Divestment Policy’ and ‘NMP-02’

AT the present stage of the attack on CPSUs, we must clearly understand the economic, political and ideological dimensions behind the public sector policy of the present NDA Government at the centre.

SYSTEMIC CRISIS OF CAPITALISM

May Day Around the World Against the General Crisis of Capitalism

On May Day, the world’s working classes once again stepped into the streets, not merely to commemorate their past struggles and wallow in nostalgia, but to confront the deepening contradictions of the present. From Santiago to Istanbul, from Paris to Manila, the red banners rose against a horizon darkened by war, inflation, and the tightening grip of capital over life. May Day did not unfold as ritual but erupted as necessity.

AIKS Haryana To Launch Mass Campaign on Flood Related Issues

A convention of flood affected farmers organised by the AIKS state committee at Hisar on April 28 resolved to fight for permanent solutions to the repeatedly occuring floods in various parts of Haryana and other neighbouring states.

On the Assembly Election Results

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 4, 2025

The two major features of the assembly election results are the serious setback to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Keralam and the victory of the BJP in West Bengal. The DMK-led alliance also suffered a setback in Tamil Nadu, where the TVK led by Vijay emerged as a major force.

Protest Price Hike on LPG Cylinders

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 02, 2026:

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the steep hike in prices of both commercial gas cylinders as also the 5kg gas cylinders.

On Assam Election Results: BJP-Led Alliance Returns to Power for Third Consecutive Term Despite Widespread Public Discontent - CPI(M)

Initial Statement issued by the Assam State Committee of the CPI(M)

The BJP-led alliance has returned to power in Assam for a third consecutive term with an overwhelming majority of seats. The fact that the alliance secured nearly 48 per cent of the total votes (BJP alone secured 37.8 percent of votes, contesting in 90 seats out of a total of 126 seats) despite widespread public dissatisfaction with the BJP government has surprised many observers.

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