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60,000 jobs lost in 6 IT companies alone

15 Saturday Jul 2017

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It is reported that more  than 60,000 workers lost jobs in the six big IT companies alone,including Wipro, Infosys etc. This was disclosed by Com. Hemalatha, President CITU, in the CITU National Working being held at Shimla.

The employees in the IT sector are really worried about their future. More and more unemployed youths and loss of lakhs of jobs is going to be a critical issue of the country.

The neo-liberal policy of the government and large scale robotisation is going to be a serious issue in the coming days.

Stay on Central Government beef ban notification

11 Tuesday Jul 2017

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The Supreme Court today held that the stay on Central Government’s notification banning sale and purchase of cows and buffaloes at animal markets for slaughter are applicable to the entire country. The judgment was given while disposing off All India Kisan Sabha’s petition in the matter.

“Chief Justice Khebar stated: ” We are of the view that as and when fresh notification is issued, sufficient time shall be granted by government for implementation of the notified amendments so that till the rules are implemented there is sufficient time for the partied to assail the same.”

 

Loot of passengers by Delhi Airport

08 Saturday Jul 2017

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We have been continuously telling that after privatisation of Airports, the passengers are being fleeced by increasing  rates of every article inside the airports, including refreshments. In addition, the companies were charging Airport fee (User Development Fee) from every passenger, whether domestic or international both for departing and arriving passengers.

In Delhi Airport run by DIAL, it was charging Rs. Rs. 245 – Rs. 490 from departing domestic passengers and Rs.  207 -415 from arriving passengers. In the international sector, this was  Rs. 565 – Rs. 1131 for departing and Rs. 462 to Rs. 933 for arriving passengers.

Now at last, the Central government has acted. It has ordered that the unjustified higher UDF should be reduced by 89%. This will mean that the present UDF for international departure will be Rs. 45 and domestic. Rs. 10. There will be no arrival charges.

It is to be understood that how much lakhs of crores of rupees might have been cheated by the DIAL during the last many years in the name of UDF.

The case of other private airports also should be examined.

 

Sitaram Yechury Demands banning of self styled cow vigilante groups

01 Saturday Jul 2017

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Rohtak, June 30: Sitaram Yechuri has demanded the self styled cow vigilante groups to be outlawed for their unabated criminal activities in the form of lynching mobs targeting especially the citizens belonging to minority communities and dalits.
While addressing the media here today CPI(M) General Secretary expressed dissatisfaction over the belated response of the Prime Minister commenting that Mahatama Gandhi would have never accepted killings in the name of cows while he did not reveal what his government was doing to effectively deal with the lynch mobs or so called Romeo squads. He said that a man was being beaten to death in Jharkhand only just after the PM was speaking in Gujarat yesterday.
He expressed deep concern over unprecedented crisis in agriculture sector as reflected through massive upsurge of the peasantry recently in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. He castigated a Central minister for describing the loan waiver demand as a fashion and asked why the farmers were falling in debt trap in the first place. It was non other than Modi himself to promise farm produce to be purchased at one and half times more than the cost of production and now his BJP government had gone back to honour the election promise.
Calling the todays function in the Central hall of Parliament as a Tamasha he raised several apprehensions over the present form of tax structure under the GST and described it as beneficial to the Corporate sector and foreign capital while harmful for the small traders and common people. In this context he expressed anguish at taxes imposed on the aids for the differently abled persons and cited it as one example of utterly insensitive and inhuman. Mr Yechuri told that the Finance Minister had given him an assurance on the floor of Parliament that tax structure will be brought before the house for discussion and debate but NDA government has gone ahead bypassing the parliament. He blamed the Modi regime of imposing GST without adequate preparedness. (Courtesy: Ganashakti)

GST – A Big Confusion

01 Saturday Jul 2017

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The government in a special session of the Parliament held in the midnight of 30th June/1st July has introduced the much discussed Goods and Service Tax (GST) through out India. Discussion on the various aspects of the GST has come through government advertisements, social media, statements of the various political leaders and corporates etc. But still, there is confusion in many aspects of implementing the same. There is a clear feeling that sufficient ground work and preparations have not been made and the public will be in difficulty in their day to day activities, as was in the case of demonetisation, which was a disaster. The boycott of the midnight function by leaders of many opposition political parties have increased the anxiety of the people.

Anyhow, GST is being implemented from today. The first one week will give an indication of what to expect.

Resolve GST Issues – CPI(M)

30 Friday Jun 2017

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New Delhi, June 30: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

Resolve GST Problems

There are a number of problems arising from the Goods and Services Tax which is being hastily implemented from July 1, 2017.

There is an imminent threat of inflation and an all-round increase in the prices of consumer goods. This, despite the fact that for a number of commodities the GST rates now fixed are lower than the combined existing rate of Centre and state taxes. It is estimated that there will be a revenue loss of at least Rs. 1 lakh crore for the Centre and state governments. This will be a bonanza for the corporates, who are not willing to pass on the benefit of the reduced rates to the consumers.

The Central government is unwilling to effectively use the anti-profiteering clause in the GST law. This clause was meant to ensure that the reduction in the rate of tax arising due to introduction of GST shall be passed on to the consumers by the commensurate reduction in prices. The Central government has not yet framed the rules under the anti-profiteering clause.

Utilising the lack of clarity in the details of the tax structure, efforts will be made to increase prices.

The CPI(M) demands that the Central government publish a detailed list of commodity prices under the existing combined tax and under the GST and intervene to see that the MRP are reduced.

The GST tax rate is going to affect certain sectors and goods adversely. Small scale industry as a whole will be adversely affected because they will have to pay full tax for units above Rs. 75 lakh turnover. Earlier, they were exempted for all units below Rs. 1.5 crore.

There are various other anomalies which work in favour of the big industries and at the expense of small enterprises. The Central government and the GST Council must immediately relook these issues and remove the anomalies. In no way can ordinary people be made to pay for the bonanza to be reaped by the corporates.

The Modi government has put in place the GST in great haste and this is causing a number of problems for the small entrepreneurs, traders and shopkeepers. Enough time should be given for implementation of the new tax structure

PM NEED NOT REMIND US OF GANDHI’S IDEALS: LEFT PARTIES ON COW VIGILANTISM

30 Friday Jun 2017

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New Delhi, Jun 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi need not remind people of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals but should ensure strict action against those attacking people on the pretext of protecting cows, Left parties today said.
On the prime minister’s statement that unleashing violence against others went against the ideals of Gandhi, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said: “We do not need him to remind us of this.” “We are aware of Gandhi’s principles … We want to know what the prime minister proposes to do to stop such mobocracy,” he said.
In an open letter, CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy welcomed Modi’s “another” warning to the “so-called” cow vigilantes.
“In spite of Modi’s severe warning to them”, anti-social elements are continuing with their activity. It is not clear to people what is encouraging them, it said.
Ministers in the BJP-ruled states are supporting cow vigilantes, directly or indirectly, through their statements.
No action has been taken against cow vigilantes or in cases of attacks on Dalits, he alleged.
“It is more like a warlord’s regime of Middle Ages then a democratic government of the 21st century in India, especially in BJP-ruled states … Real, serious steps should be taken to stop these killings at once,” he added. (Courtesy: Ganashakti)

150th Anniversary of the publishing of “Capital”.

29 Thursday Jun 2017

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All over India, CPI(M) is organising meetings, seminars, speeches etc. on the 150th year of the publication of “Das Capital”, the mighty weapon of the working class authored by Karl Marx and assisted by Frederic Engels.

In Kozhikode, a well attended seminar was conducted on 29th June 2017, which was inaugurated by the CPI(M) State Secretary Com. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and addressed by Comrades K.N.Ravindranth, Dr.K.N.Ganesh, Dr. Anil, P. Mohanan, District Secretary CPI(M) and K.T.Kunhikannan and KKC Pillai, Director and Secretary of Keluettan Padna Gaveshana Kendram.

The seminars were well educative and well appreciated.

 

Silent Protest “Not in my name”

29 Thursday Jun 2017

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Bollywood actors Shabana Azmi and Kalki Koechlin participating the silent protest “Not in My Name” against the incidents of targeted lynching, in Mumbai on Wednesday. Protest rallies were held in many cities.

Under Modi Government such lynching and killings are increasing. Strong protests should come from the people.