CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 8.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomes the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court setting aside the Tamilnadu Governor’s decision to withhold assent to the bills passed by the Tamilnadu legislative assembly.  The Court declared that the ten legislations withheld by the Governor will now become laws. 

New Central Committee Elected at the 24th Congress 1.   Pinarayi Vijayan2.   B V Raghavulu3.   M A Baby4.   Tapan Sen5.   Nilotpal Basu6.   Md Salim7.   A Vijayaraghavan8.   Ashok Dhawale9.   Ramchandra Dome10.          M V Govindan11.          V Srinivasa Rao12.          Suprakash Talukdar13.          Isfaqur Rehman14.          Lallan Choudhury15.          Awdhesh Kumar16.          Prakash Viplav17.          Mohd Yousuf Tarigami18.          P K Sreemathi (W)19.           E P Jayarajan20.          Thomas Isaac21.          K K Shailaja (W)22.          Elamaram Kareem23.     

INCREASED dependence on debt and depletion of savings by average Indian households has been recognised as the emerging trend in the past three years. According to a recent RBI report India’s household debt has been 42.9 per cent of GDP at current market prices. The Financial Stability Report also recognises that the number of borrowers increased in the recent past. Increased dependence on personal loans, credit cards, consumer durable loans and other personal loans are on the rise.

THE recurring incidents of tunnel collapses in India are a stark reminder of the country’s appalling record on construction safety. The latest tragedy – the collapse of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana, resulting in the deaths of trapped construction workers – is a grim testament to the disregard for human life that pervades the construction industry.As workers, we are all too familiar with the risks and hazards of construction sites.

THE 24th Congress of the CPI(M), which concluded at Madurai on April 6 with a massive rally, was notable in many respects. There were changes both in the agenda and content of the Congress discussions.First of all, a Political Review Report which reviewed the implementation of the political-tactical line adopted at the 23rd Congress was presented along with the Draft Political Resolution for discussion by the delegates.