CITU Condemns Central Govt for Reducing Penalty Charges on EPF Defaults

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on June 16, has strongly criticised the newly sworn-in NDA government for drastically reducing the penalty charges on defaults by employers in depositing Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS), and Employees' Deposit-Linked Insurance (EDLI) contributions.

CITU to Observe Demands Day on July 10

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on June 19, has called upon the working class across India to unite and prepare for a nationwide Demands Day on July 10, 2024. This decision was taken during the CITU secretariat meeting held on June 17-18, 2024, in Delhi, where the current political and economic situation post the 18th Lok Sabha elections was discussed.In the recent elections, the BJP lost its absolute majority from the 2014 and 2019 elections and now leads the NDA government with the support of allies, primarily the TDP and JD(U).

Delhi: Struggle shows the way: Victorious Struggle of Domestic Breeding Checkers

THE health department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued an order dated June 6, 2024 regularising 3049 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) vide creation of the MTS (PH) posts. This historic victory has strengthened the struggles for regularisation, that too in government departments, not only in Delhi, but across the country. The multidimensional impacts of this victory are manifested in three planks: First, it has successfully created a dent over the overwhelming neoliberal consensus manufactured by ruling class in favour of contract system of the perennial jobs.

Stop Silencing Dissenting Voices

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has, in a statement issued on June 17, condemned the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's decision to sanction the prosecution of author-activist Arundhati Roy and Professor Showkat Hussain. The action is based on a 14-year-old FIR, which AIDWA describes as a vindictive and repressive attempt to silence dissenting voices.

AI and Employment

THE fundamental issue raised by Hollywood writers when they had gone on a strike against being replaced by artificial intelligence, somehow receded to the background after the resolution of that particular conflict; but it remains a fundamental issue.

TN: Protest Rally against Genocide in Palestine

IN response to the call from the Central Committee of the CPI(M), the Tamil Nadu state committee organised protest rallies across the state on June 2. In Chennai, the protest rally was organised by three district committees, starting from Chindadripet. The rally saw the participation of hundreds of youth and Party cadres.

BJP and Allies Face Defeat in Tamil Nadu

AS part of its political strategy, the BJP has consistently tried to establish a presence in Tamil Nadu through various methods. However, unlike other states in southern India, the people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have once again made it abundantly clear that they do not welcome the saffron party on their soil, regardless of the tactics used or promises made.

SKM Hails Defeat of Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni, Demands Criminal Prosecution

The farmers’ collective congratulates voters for punishing BJP by denying it single party majority, flags drubbing in rural areas of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan.THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the farmers’ collective that led the year-long protest against the now repealed three farm laws, has congratulated the people of India, especially those in rural belts, for ensuring that the “anti-farmer and anti-worker” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not get single-party majority.In a press statement issued on June 5, SKM said: “The people have severely punished the Modi led

FIR Against ‘The Caravan’ Journalists Condemned

The journalists were reporting in Bhajanpura area of Northeast Delhi on a complaint filed by a victim of the communal violence in February 2020.THE Press Club of India (PCI) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) have strongly condemned an FIR against journalists of the magazine, The Caravan, in the Bhajanpura Police Station in Northeast Delhi, under serious sections in a four-year-old case of alleged assault on the journalists themselves.

Polit Bureau Communique

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met in New Delhi on June 9. It has issued the following statement on June 10, 2024 ELECTIONS TO THE 18TH LOK SABHAThe results of the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha constitute a significant setback for the BJP. The people of India, asserting their defence of the constitution and the secular democratic character of the republic, have deprived the BJP of a majority it had secured in the last two Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019.

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