SFI to Organise Strike in Schools on RTE Issue

ON June 11, hundreds of students across Tamilnadu staged protest actions in front of district educational offices demanding proper implementation of the Right to Education Act (RTE Act) in the state. The Students Federation of India organised these actions.
While the academic year 2014-15 has started, one sees the utter commercialisation of education making its way in the state without any hurdles. This year, private players in the field of school education in particular openly challenged the constitution of India which ensures the right to education.

Domestic Worker’s Struggle for Recognition

MORE than 200 representatives of the Domestic Workers Association, led by the Janvadi Mahila Samiti (JMS), an affiliate of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), held a convention in Rai Umanath Hall of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on June 2, 2014. Amidst the slogans of ‘We Shall Fight, We Shall Win,’ these women demanded that they and their rights as workers must be recognised. These women workers represented 12 districts of the state.

Resolution on Martyrs

The following is the resolution adopted by the Central Committee at its meeting on June 7-8 in New Delhi.

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dips its banner in salute to the ten martyrs who were killed during the Lok Sabha election campaign and the post-poll attacks in West Bengal.

Book on CPI(M) Navratnas Released

ON June 7, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat released the book Founders of the CPI(M) by handing over a copy to fellow Polit Bureau member K Varadharajan. The release function took place during the second half of the Central Committee meeting in New Delhi on the day. S Ramachandran Pillai was present on the dais.

LF Govt Takes Bold Decisions Despite Resource Crunch

Health scheme for the poor; mustard oil and red lentil to be distributed through PDS

Neither Blueprint, Nor Prioritisation In Achieving What Is Promised

Below are the edited extracts of CPI(M) leader in Rajya Sabha, Sitaram Yechury’s intervention in the debate on “Motion of Thanks” to the president of India for his address to the joint session of the parliament on June 10, 2014

Rajasthan Labour Moves Ominous: DUJ

THROUGH a statement issued from New Delhi on June 8, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and Delhi Press Initiative (DPI) castigated the Vasundhara Raje led BJP government of Rajasthan for its total surrender to big business and media monopolies. The state government of the BJP state government have sought, the statement accused, to virtually end the Industrial Disputes Act, Contract Labour Act and the Factories Act, and demolish whatever security has been left for employees.

Maharashtra: CPI(M), Mass Fronts Stage Protest

COMMUNAL MURDER OF MOHSIN SHEIKH
UNDER the pretext of protesting against a claimed Facebook posting insulting the revered historical figure of Maharashtra, Chhatrapati Shivaji, as well as the late Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, criminals belonging to the Hindutva Parivar went on assaulting members of the Muslim community and destroying property in Pune and some other cities of Maharashtra for several days recently.

Women’s Organisations Reiterate Reservation Demand

On June 9, several national level organisations of women sent the following letter to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, demanding 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies.
THE address by the president of India to both houses of parliament on June 9, 2014 has stated, in clause 19, the government’s commitment to provide 33 percent reservation to women in parliament and state legislative assemblies.

Announced MSPs Betrayal of Farmers: AIKS

ON June 5, Vijoo Krishnan, joint secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), attended the meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) at Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi; the meeting was called for formulation of the price policy for rabi crops of 2014-15, to be marketed during the 2015-16 season. The AIKS emphasised the importance of remunerative pricing for providing incentive to the distressed peasantry in the country. Control on the input prices and freezing of fertiliser prices to pre-nutrient based subsidy (NBS) levels was sought.

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