ELI Scheme: Socialising Costs for Private Gains

THE cabinet has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of Rs 99,446 crore, claiming to incentivise the creation of more than 3.5 crore jobs over a period of two years. Out of these, 1.92 crore beneficiaries will be first timers, entering the workforce. The benefits of the Scheme would be applicable to jobs created between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2027.

Huge Success of Nationwide General Strike: Workers Unite for Securing Rights, Jobs & Welfare

The platform of Central Trade Unions comprising – Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), and United Trade Union Congress (UTUC) – and Independent Sectoral Federations issued the following statement on July 9, 2025.MORE than 25 crore people par

Key Issues in Population and Caste Counting

AFTER much delay and uncertainty, the Registrar General of India has finally issued a notification to conduct the national population census in 2027. A major shift in this upcoming census is the decision to include caste enumeration – something long resisted by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Capitalism’s Rolling Back of Welfare Spending

IMMEDIATELY after the war when capitalism had faced a serious existential crisis, it had adopted a dual strategy to cope with it. First, it whipped up the “red scare” which was absolutely without any justification, in order to terrorise the domestic working class into acquiescing with the system.

Bihar: Masses Rise, Countdown Begins for Modi and His Allies

THE General Strike on July 9, called by the ten Central Trade Unions, transformed into a powerful people’s movement in Bihar, sending a strong signal to the Modi regime at the Centre to desist from subverting democracy and making a mockery of the Constitution – or be prepared to face the consequences.The constituents of the Mahagathbandhan – Congress, RJD, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), VIP –along with a large number of social, cultural, and civil society organisations not only supported the strike call demanding the rollback of the four labour codes and the protection of democratic and workers' rig

Kerala: Bharat Mata Row and LDF Govt’s Defence of Secularism

THE recent controversy over the display of a Bharat Mata portrait at Kerala’s Raj Bhavan during official programmes has reignited the debate on secular values and the ever increasing attempts by the RSS-BJP combine to assert their communal agenda even in constitutional spaces.

Foreign Policy in Shambles

THE infamy that the Modi government’s foreign policy has earned in the recent period, is something that cannot be understated. On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution moved by Spain calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution accused Israel of using “starvation of civilians as a method of warfare”. Of the 193 member states, 149 voted for the resolution, 12 opposed while 19 abstained.

RSS: Wielding Imperial, Fascist and Nazi Weapons

EVERY Indian has the freedom to live according to their religious beliefs. This is the foundation of the value of secularism enshrined in our Constitution. Simultaneously, it also means that religion should not interfere in governance. Yet, those who have taken the solemn oath of upholding the Constitution, are violating both of these principles. They are slowly and gradually implementing a project to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra. It is a plan that has been in the making for decades.

Vilifying the Nehru-Mahalanobis Strategy

THE Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy which broadly underlay the entire dirigiste period is now being intensely vilified, not just by the Modi crowd, but even by neoliberal elements within the Congress and outside.

Tripura: CPI(M) Recalls Emergency Horrors, Exposes BJP-RSS Duplicity

ON the 50th anniversary of the Internal Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on June 25, 1975, the CPI(M) in Tripura organised hall meetings and discussions across various sub-divisions to reflect on the horrors of authoritarian rule.A major programme was held at Agartala Town Hall on June 26, 2025, drawing a packed audience. It was addressed by Party senior leader Manik Sarkar, state secretary and Polit Bureau member Jitendra Chaudhury, and West Tripura district secretary Ratan Das.

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