KUDUMBASHREE in Kerala has launched a new 'Lunch Bell' project which is akin to Mumbai's dabbawalas. Kudumbashree volunteers are distributing hot lunch boxes to offices via the PocketMart food delivery app. Orders will be accepted until 7 am, with lunch boxes scheduled for delivery by 12 pm. Volunteers will collect empty lunch boxes by 2 PM, ensuring a three-level hygiene wash before reuse.The budget lunch box, priced at Rs 60, includes rice, sambar, pulissery, koottukari, chutney, and pickle, while the premium lunch box, costing Rs 99, has non-vegetarian dishes.

THE fifth state conference of Chhattisgarh Kisan Sabha, affiliated to the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), was successfully organised on March 2-3 in Kalyanpur village of Surajpur district. The conference, held after a gap of 11 years, started with a big rally and public meeting.

Below we publish the statement issued by the Bank Employees’ Federation of India on March 6THE Supreme Court of India, in its landmark unanimous judgment on February 15, 2024 declared the electoral bonds scheme, which provided blanket anonymity to political donors, as unconstitutional and manifestly arbitrary.

THE last ten years of the Modi government have seen an unprecedented attack on democracy and democratic rights in the country.  If this trend continues, India will remain only a formal democracy and become a full-fledged authoritarian State. PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGEThe constitution provides for a parliamentary democratic system.  Under this system, the executive (the government) is answerable to parliament. It is parliament legislations which become the law. However, under the BJP rule, parliament has been systematically downgraded.

AS the election schedule is going to be announced soon, the CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state committee has convened two zonal-level workshops for its cadres as a preparatory measure in the state. One such workshop was held at Dindigul on February 24. The other at Chengalpattu on February 29.