THE Ministry of Education (MoE) last week released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus report making available the latest data regarding the total enrollment of students in 2023-24. The report gives the lie to the tall claims being made by the government about improvements in the education sector and reveals the stark truth that the total enrollment of students has dropped by over a crore in 2023-24 as compared to the previous years. A total of 24.8 crore students were enrolled in 2023-24 which is a drop of 37 lakh students as compared to the previous year.

THE new National Agricultural Marketing Policy (NAMP) Framework, released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MA&FW) on November 25, 2024, has sparked widespread criticism and protests from farmers' organisations and experts alike. Following a call from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmers across the country staged protests on December 23, 2024, burning copies of the Marketing Policy. MA&FW provided stakeholders with just 15 days to submit responses, which is an attempt to rush through the policy to serve corporate interests.

Those who take oath of office in its name are undermining its principlesAT the age of 75, the Constitution of India is the talk of the town. In parliamentary debates, as an issue in elections, in the speeches of political leaders across parties, it is a central point of debate. It is a tribute to the founding members who drafted the Constitution that not only has it stood the test of time, but upholding its core values has become an essential patriotic duty.This is not to say that the people of India have benefitted equally from the Constitution.

Jharkhand is estimated to be the second poorest state in the country – but the dominant political parties hardly care.JHARKHAND will go to polls on November 13 and 20, 2024, to elect its sixth Legislative Assembly. Formed in November 2000, the tribal dominated state has seen 13 governments (though seven chief ministers) and three spells of President’s Rule in these 24 years.

Below we republish an article written by Sitaram Yechury on the occasion of the centenary of October Revolution. The article was published in the People’s Democracy dated November 5, 2017.NOVEMBER 7, 2017 will see the culmination of the year-long commemoration of the centenary of the great October Socialist revolution as decided by the CPI(M)’s 21st Congress.