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CPI(M) statement on ban on sale of cattle

27 Saturday May 2017

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New Delhi, May 27: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

The notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change that bans sale of cattle for slaughter is an atrocious attempt by the Modi government to give legal cover for its wholly communal and divisive agenda to impose a diet code on the country.

It will destroy the livelihood of crores of farmers involved in animal husbandry, eliminate traditional cattle fairs, put an unfair burden on farmers to care for useless cattle. This further burdens the farmers who are increasingly resorting to distress suicides due to escalating input costs. It will also impact on the leather industry and the meat export industry affecting the livelihood of lakhs of people.

The notification is also an encroachment on the rights of the states under whose jurisdiction such issues fall.

The CPI(M) strongly condemns and opposes the notification and demands its withdrawal.
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One more attack on the workers – Govt. proposes reduction in EPF Contribution of employers

27 Saturday May 2017

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The Labour Ministry has directed the EPFO to take necessary action to reduce the employers’ contribution to the EPF from 12% to 10%. The directive is only to favour the employers. In fact, what the EPFO suggested to government was to reduce the employees’contribution from 12% to 10% and keep the 12% as it is for employer. But the government wanted to favour employers by reducing their contribution. Realising that there will be a backlash from the people, the media and the workers, government has now directed that both the contribution should be reduced to !0%. What this means is that the EPF contribution will be reduced by 4% which will be a big loss to the workers.

CITU and other Central trade Unions have condemned this anti-worker move of the Government. The government should be compelled to back-tract from this anti-labour decision.

Restructure the NITI Ayog – BMS

27 Saturday May 2017

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NITI Ayog, the institution constituted replacing Planning Commission, is on the path of dismantling almost every time tested organisations, especially Public Sector. Trade Unions, political parties and others have been strongly protesting against such actions.

Now, BMS, the trade union connected with BJP itself, has attacked the NITI Ayog for its anti-worker decisions. BMS All India Conference, which was recently held, had demanded that the NITI Ayog be entirely restructured.

Three Years of Narendra modi Government.

24 Wednesday May 2017

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Three years are going to be completed after Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister. It is certain that there will be a lot of advertisements and publicity about the achievements of the past three years.
But what is the reality. Unemployment has increased. 2 crore jobs were assured yearly, but not even 3 lakhs new job has come as per reports. Demonetisation has not unearthed any mentionable black money, but people have been made to suffer for months together. There has been no growth as assured. Freedom of expression is being attacked. Sangh Parivar decides what to eat and what to wear. Secularism is being attacked and communal tension growing. Labour laws are being changed to suit the employers and corporates. While corporates are granted subsidy and benefits to the tune of crore of lakhs af crores of rupees, subsidies to the poor are curtailed one after another. No action is being taken to curb the price rise. In fact, the government allows the oil companies to increase the price of oil, even when he same is coming down internationally. There are a lot still to mention.
What the Modi government is going to do about all these?

Dharna against Railway Station Privatisation

22 Monday May 2017

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Despite heavy rain, a massive dharna was organised at the Kozhikode Railway Station premises today, 22nd May 2017, against the move of the government to privatise the Kozhikode Railway Station. The dharna organised under the ‘Committee Against Railway Privatisation’ was inaugurated by Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, senior TU leader and Founder General Secretary of BSNLEU. He attacked the privatisation policy of the government and the need to unitedly fight against the same. The experience in BSNL was shared. Railway privatisation will benefit the corporates only by utilisation of the railway land for building malls, hotels etc. The dharna was presided over by CITU District Secretary Com. P.K.Mukundan, who is also the Chairman of the Reception Committee. Leaders of INTUC, AITUC, CITU and other service organisations spoke and expressed their solidarity and support to the struggle.

CPI(M) Condemns Brutal Attack on Protesters In Kolkata

22 Monday May 2017

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New Delhi, May 22: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the followings statement:

Condemn Brutal Attack on Protesters In Kolkata

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the police brutality unleashed against peaceful protesters at the state government headquarters Nabanna in Kolkata today. Over nine hundred protesters were grievously injured and over a hundred of them are reportedly in a critical condition. Even media personnel were not spared.

Left Kisan and agricultural workers organisations had given a call for a protest action on an 18 point charter of demands highlighting the hardships imposed upon the people of West Bengal particularly in the rural areas and demanding that the state government implement pro-people measures. Subsequently, Left mass organisations and the West Bengal Left Front expressed their solidarity with this action and joined the protest.

The protest was peaceful. The leaders went to handover the memorandum which was not allowed by the authorities. Subsequently, the tens of thousands who had collected there were barricaded to ensure that there is no escape route and brutal attack was launched through water cannons and lathi charge. Male police assaulted and roughed up women protesters.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns this anti-democratic attitude of the Trinamul Congress state government and the Chief Minister who is disregarding the issues of growing hardships being imposed on the livelihood of the people of West Bengal.

If the state government believes that through such brutality, protests will be crushed in West Bengal, then the least that can be said is that these are entirely misplaced. The people of West Bengal will continue to rise in protest and immediate protest actions will take place all over the state against this police brutality.

Kerala Govt. will construct 2000 houses for widows of minority

19 Friday May 2017

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The LDF  government in Kerala announced in the assembly that it will construct 2000 houses this year for the widows of the minority at a cost of Rs. 3.5 lakh each. Last year the government had constructed 1200 such houses for them.

Congratulations to the Kerala LDF Government for these welfare measures.

Kerala Government pays Rs.2 lakhs to persons died in demonetisation queue

19 Friday May 2017

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Kerala Government has announced Rs. 2 lakh each to the family of the following four persons who died while standing in queue for withdrawing money from ATM or at Bank at the period of demonetization:

  1. C.Chandrasekharan, Kollam 2. Karthikeyan, Alappuzha 3. P.Pareeth, Tirur and 4. K.K.Unni, Kannur. C.Chandrasekhran is a BSNL Pensioner and member of AIBDPA.

The Central Government should pay compensation to all the 17 or more persons who have died likewise all over India. The central government is fully responsible for these tragic deaths.

EPFO assures settlement of claims in 10 days

17 Wednesday May 2017

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Good News! Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has directed that settlement of all claims like PF withdrawals, pension, insurance claims etc. should be settled within 10 days, instead of 20 days at present.

This was announced at the time of the launching of the online claim settlement w.e.f. 1st May 2017.

W.Bengal follows suit – Bengali mandatory in the state

17 Wednesday May 2017

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Following the decision of the Kerala Government to make Malayalam mandatory in schools, W.Bengal government has also taken a similar decision. Bengali has been made mandatory in the schools in the state. A good decision. The regional languages have to grow equally along with Hindi and English, the national and international languages.