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TELANGANA: Podu Farmers to Hold Rasta Roko for Land Rights

AN all- party convention on podu farmers (tribal farmers) has called for a ‘rasta roko’ on October 5 demanding implementation of Forest Rights Act, Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA Act) and rights for podu tribal farmers. The convention was held by the Podu Farmers Agitation Committee at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad on September 13.

ASHAs Protest in Jammu Demanding Minimum Pay

THE Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Workers Union organised a day-long protest in front of the office of mission director of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Nagrota, Jammu, on September 4, over their long-pending demands. A large number of ASHA workers participated in the protest demonstrations.Om Parkash, state general secretary of CITU, addressed the protestors and said that it is a fact that much of the credit for the successful fight against the first and second waves of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir goes to the 14,000 ASHA workers who have worked selflessly.

The Significance of Muzaffarnagar Rally

THE Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on September 5 will go down as a historic landmark in the annuls of the peasant movement of the country.  Lakhs of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab along with contingents from many other states participated in the rally.The call for the kisan mahapanchayat was given at the national convention held by the SKM at Singhu border on August 26-27.

Everything for Sale

EVERYWHERE in the world people got vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus without having to pay a penny, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, historic landmarks that define a nation, that constitute the warp and woof of a nation’s consciousness, are held sacred and left untouched in their original shape, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, public assets that provide basic services, or cultural and educational services, to the people, are virtually free, but no longer in India.

AIRTWF Supports Punjab Workers Strike

THE All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF), in a statement issued on September 7, has strongly condemned the callous attitude of the Punjab government in settling the just and genuine demands of the contract workers of PUNBUS, of Punjab Roadways. AIRTWF demands the government of Punjab to settle the issues forthwith.AIRTWF extends wholehearted support to the indefinite strike started by the workers from the early hours of.

Entire Muzaffarnagar City Turns into Rally Ground, 10 Lakh Farmers Begin Mission UP-Uttarakhand to Defeat RSS-BJP

“If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right.” – M S SwaminathanTHE 10 lakh-strong historic SKM-led Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on September 5, 2021, forced even the most pro-establishment newspaper in the country like The Times of India to print the above seminal quote by Dr M S Swaminathan, former chairperson of the National Commission on Farmers, in A Thought for Today on its editorial page on September 7, followed by its lead editorial on the mammoth rally itself.

National Monetisation Pipeline: A Pipeline to Drain Public Wealth into Corporate Coffers

THE BJP government led by Modi recently unveiled a four year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) claiming to garner Rs 6 lakh crore for infrastructure development. In reality, the NMP is aimed to hand over huge functional infrastructural assets of the country to private corporates and big business houses, including foreign MNCs.

NPRD Congratulates Indian Contingent At Tokyo Paralympics

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), in a statement issued on September 5, has congratulated the entire contingent which represented India at the Tokyo Paralympics. The spectacular performance by this team winning an unprecedented 19 medals has brought laurels to the country. They deserve fulsome praise, recognition and honour.The success of these athletes becomes all the more significant given the pathetic state of para sports in our country.

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