Budget 2015-16: Bonanza for the Corporates

BUDGETS these days deliberately tend to produce a miasma of words and figures, which can then be interpreted by the “pundits” in TV studios in so many diverse and confusing ways that the class content of the budget gets effectively camouflaged. But the miasma produced by Jaitley this year can scarcely conceal the class content of his budget. This is because his is the most brazenly pro-corporate, pro-rich and anti-people budget in recent memory.

Economic Survey 2014-15

BREAKING from tradition, the BJP-led NDA government has chosen to issue a two (as opposed to single)-volume edition of the Economic Survey, released as per convention on the day before the budget for coming fiscal year 2015-16 was presented. The Survey is meant to be a ‘state of the economy’ report that identifies the positives that can be leveraged and the negatives that need to be addressed when the finance minister rises to present his budget. It is as much an assessment of the situation as a justification of the direction that the budget would take.

‘Strengthen Party and Launch United Struggles’

SUCCESSFULLY resisting the right wing neo-liberal offensive launched by the Modi government is only possible with the strengthening of CPI(M) and other Left parties, and through united struggles, said CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat. He promised that the CPI(M) would take initiative in forging widest possible unity among Left and democratic forces in the country towards achieving this end.

Protest Price Hike

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 1, 2015THE prices of petrol and diesel have been increased by over Rs 3 a litre, hours after the union budget imposing greater burdens on the people was presented. This is the second hike in the prices of petrol and diesel this month.The union government instead of reducing the excise duty is passing the burdens on to the people.This increase in prices of petrol and diesel is unacceptable.

We are Workers! Pay Us Wages!

IT rained all through the day and night on March 1, pouring down and flooding the streets. Not only in Delhi but in almost all parts of the country.But nothing could deter the determined ASHA workers from making their way to Delhi. They came from 13 states of India – from far off Tripura, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Odisha, Bihar, and nearer J&K, Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP, Punjab Haryana, and Delhi.

On Central Budget 2015-16

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 28, 2015

J&K Government: Opportunist Alliance

THE PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has finally assumed office. This was preceded by two months of intense negotiations between the two parties. While Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is the chief minister, Nirmal Singh of the BJP has become the deputy chief minister. This is the first time that the BJP has become part of the state government in Jammu & Kashmir. This has disturbing implications.

India and the US Pivot to the East

THE success of President Barack Obama’s decision to rebalance the power equation in East Asia with the “pivot to the East” policy depends a lot on cooperation from major powers in the region, notably India. India under both the NDA and UPA has been portraying itself as the “natural partner” of the USA. The leaderships of the two countries revel in describing themselves as the two largest democracies in the world that also share core values. Since the signing of the defense partnership agreement between the two countries ten years ago, strategic and military relations have indeed deepened.

Comrade S K Vyas

COMRADE S K Vyas, veteran leader of the Central Government Employees and Pensioners, is no more. He passed away on February 13, 2015 at Jaipur Metro Hospital, where he was admitted after a massive heart attack a few days back. When I, along with leaders of the central government employee’s organisations, Giriraj Singh, Vrighu Bhattacharya, Gita Bhattacharya and AK Mehta went to Jaipur on February 7 instant and visited Comrade Vyas at the hospital ICU, he seemed better. The family members told that Vyasji was recovering. But by the night of 13th, Com Vyas was no more.

Tripura State Conference of CPI(M) Begins with a Mammoth Rally

A HUGE mass meeting at Swami Vivekananda Stadium marked the beginning of the CPI(M)’s 21st state conference of Tripura on February 25.Slogan shouting colorful rallies filled up the stadium bearing the heat of February.CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat addressing the meeting said the nine months of Modi government has shown that ache din have arrived for the big corporate houses while one after another attack is being launched on the toiling masses.

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