BEST WISHES AND GREETINGS TO ALL FOR A VERY HAPPY DIWALI (DEEPAVALI) !
DIWALI GREETINGS TO ALL !
21 Tuesday Oct 2014
Posted in General
Maharashtra – One seat for CPI(M)
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in General Elections 2014, Left News
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The assembly elections in Maharashtra have evoked national interest. The major news in the last two days have been related to the result of the elections and how BJP will form the government etc. The seats won by the BJP, Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP are well published and known. But what about CPI(M)? No news at all.
But interestingly one CPI(M) candidate has also won. He is Com. J.P.Gavit from the Kanwan Assembly(ST) seat. This is in Nashik District. CPI(M) is winning the seat for the 7th time.
Our Congratulations to Com. Gavit and CPI(M) for the victory.
CPI(M) celebrates 50th Anniversary of its formation
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in General
CPI(M) completes 50 years of its proud heritage in 2014. As interested comrades are fully aware, the CPI(M) was formed in the Party Congress held at Calcutta from 31st October to 7th November 1964.
The formation of the CPI(M) was the culmination of the internal struggle within the then CPI on various ideological issues as well as on the strategy to be pursued for the Indian revolution based on Marxism-Leninism.
The fifty years of its existence, struggle for the correct policies and the sacrifices it had to face has made it dear to the working class and the toiling masses. But there has been serious setback in the elections both in W.Bengal and Kerala, its strong holds. But it is temporary and has to be overcome.
The first nine PBMs were: Coms. P.Sundarayya, EMS Namboodiripad, BT Ranadive, Jyoti Basu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, AK Gopalan, P.Ramamoorthy, Promod Das Gupta and Basava Punniah. None of them are alive now.
The struggle for a socialist society is not easy. Commitment, dedication and determination is a must for the forward March.
CPI(M) Statement of Gas/ Diesel Price
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in Price Rise
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October 20, 2014
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Against Deregulation of Diesel Prices
The CPI(M) condemns the deregulation of diesel pricing. This is nothing but an abdication of the responsibility of the government to control and regulate the prices of a crucial item of fuel which has a direct impact on the prices of all essential commodities.
The deregulation has been announced along with a reduction in the retail price of diesel following a sharp decline in the price of crude oil in the international market. However, it is absolutely wrong to link the deregulation to the reduced diesel price. Given the volatility of crude oil prices in the international market, the rise in prices of crude oil is much more than the occasional drop. After deregulation when the international prices rise, there will be a consequent increase in the prices of diesel in India.
The Modi government has completed the dismantling of the administered pricing mechanism for petroleum products and introduced the import parity pricing in line with the prices of finished products in the international market. This will only help the oil companies including the private ones.
The CPI(M) demands that the government restore the administered pricing mechanism and a cost plus pricing method which will lower the domestic price of petrol and diesel.
Gas Pricing
The Modi government has not followed the UPA government in accepting the Rangarajan Committee faulty prescription for doubling of the gas prices. It has increased the price of gas to $ 5.61 from the existing $ 4.2. However, it is reported that there is a provision for premium for gas explored from deep-sea fields and for revision of prices every six months. This raises the question whether more increases in gas prices are in the offing.
The CPI(M) reiterates that the pricing system should not be based on the average of prices ruling in international hubs without any reference to the domestic cost of production of gas. Under this, any increase in gas pricing means a windfall gain to gas producers and increasing burden on the people.
Delivery of Subsidised LPG
The announcement of cash transfer scheme through banks for delivery of subsidy for LPG cylinders will lead to the exclusion of a substantial section of the people entitled for the benefit of the LPG subsidy. A large number of ordinary people still do not have access to banking services despite the much touted “jan dhan yojana”.
Save BSNL, Save Nation – BSNLCCWF serves Strike Notice for 27th November 2014
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in BSNL News, BSNLCCWF - Casual and Contract workers
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BSNL Casual Contract Workers Federation (BSNLCCWF), representing the thousands of TSM,Casual and Contract Labour engaged in BSNL has given Notice for One day Strike to the BSNL Management on the Charter of Demands submitted to it on months back as per the decision of the Bhubaneswar CEC Meeting.
SSA Level Dharnas, CGM Office March were organised followed by a Historic March to CMD Office on 15th October 2014. But still the issues remain as they are. Hence it was decided to call for strike on 27th November 2014.
The first demand is “Save BSNL – Save Nation”. The Casual and Contract Workers understand that their future depends upon the financial viability and better service of the company. They are putting full time or more time excellent and efficient work, which is fully aware to all. If BSNL fails, the workers lose their job. Hence it is necessary that BSNL is saved and flourishes. Of course other demands are also there.
BSNLCCWF seeks the support of all the regular workers in this fully justified strike.
Tax Exemption of Rs. 743.76 Crore for Congress, Rs. 338.95 crore for BJP
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in Corruption, General
An RTI has revealed that the Congress has been granted Income Tax relief for Rs. 743.75 crore in 2012-14. For the same period BJP was granted Rs. 338.95 crore tax relief.
The ruling political parties in India are amassing wealth in a grand way. These are the accounted money. What about the unaccounted money being collected during elections and other times? What about the black money ?
The people have a right to know.
First Family or Family First ? – The Collapse of Congress
20 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in Corruption, General, General Elections 2014
The First family has failed again. In Maharashtra and Haryana, where elections have been held, the Congress, which was the ruling party has been relegated to a poor third!
Years of anti-poor policies, favouring the corporates, Himalayan Corruptions, belief in the infallibility of first family, poor governance and what not ? The party which led the struggle for freedom and which ruled the country for about six decades has almost lost relevance in the larger politics of India. The First Family always considered the Family and its cahoots forst and not the country and its progress.
A deserving punishment indeed!
Inequality Threat – Janet Yellen, Chairperson, UDFederal Reservelal Re
19 Sunday Oct 2014
Posted in Uncategorized
Even in US, the captian of capitalism, voices are coming up focussing the grave danger of the growing inequality between the rich and poor.
The latest voice has come from a top executive, the Chairwomen of the Federal Reserve. While addressing the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Economic Conference, she stated that recent Federal Research showed that distribution of those opportunities viz. means to raise children, access to education, owning a small business and inheritance, to be increasingly unequal. Then she stated ” I think it is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation’s history, among them the high value Americans have traditionally placed on equality of opportunity.”
It seems that after the ” Occupy Wall Street” agitation, a section of the capitalist leaders themselves in US have started thinking about the danger of the increasing inequality. But you can not expect any positive policy from the capitalist system.
How Air India was financially ruined by Government ?
19 Sunday Oct 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, PSU, Telecom
Air India was running well and there was modest profit. It all changed after its merger with India Airlines and the intervention of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel compelling the company to purchase more than double the planes it did not really require.
Shri Jitender Bhargava, a former Executive Director of Air India, in a forth right article in the “Economic Times” dated 19th October 2014 asserts that the Air India has gone down due to the quixotic plane order by the company. While the Director Board of the Air India only wanted 28 air crafts to be purchased,the ministry under Praful Patel compelled them to order 68 air crafts. Air India was having only Rs. 8,000 crore annual revenue and the profit was only wafer thin. It had no reserve fund.
The cost of the 68 planes ordered was Rs. 39,000 crore.If the planes had to be purchased, the company will have to take loans for which an annual interest of Rs. 2,000 crore has to be paid. It was a cruel decision and a financial tragedy would be the result.
The article reviews through the decision making process and how the Minister dictated and compelled the management to issue the order for 68 planes. The director, who even made some remarks on the non-viability of the plan was terminated from the Board.
The quixotic plane order at the behest of minister was the main reason for the financial trouble and down fall of Air India. This is how the Government ensured that the Air India goes down and the private airlines benefit.
In telecom sector, BSNL, the PSU, was humbled and made financially unviable in another way. If in Air India, order was given for more than required planes, in BSNL it was by cancellation of the 45 million mobile equipment order, which was urgently required by BSNL to expand its services, that the government managed to start the downfall of BSNL. It was Communication Minister Raja who accomplished this for the government by compelling the management to cancel the order. It was only through the united struggle of the workers under the leadership of the JAC of BSNL Unions/Associations in July 2007 that at least half of the 45 million lines could be got ordered. But the further cancellation of the tender for 93 million and 5 million sealed the fate of BSNL. The entire cash balance of Rs. 40,000 crore with BSNL was taken away by the government in the name of notional loan, its huge interest, spectrum charges and so on.
Whether it is the UPA or NDA government, the motto is ” Business is not the Business of the Government” and wants to hand over all the PSUs to the MNCs and Corporates. Of course, it is these corporates and MNCs which have donated lakhs of crores of rupees to both BJP and Congress in the elections and they have to be repaid by undue favours.
It is high time that these ruling classes have to be exposed. It is also necessary that the persons responsible should be booked and punished for destroying the valuable assets of the nation.
The Govt. should take over the Chennai Nokia Plant
19 Sunday Oct 2014
Posted in TU News, TU News - India
Nokia, one of the top manufacturers of mobile phones, has decided to close its factory at Chennai, which will cause loss of jobs of about twenty five thousand workers of the factory.
We demand the government either to compel the management of Nokia to continue the production or the government itself should take over the factory and run the same so that the livelihood of the workers can be protected. The trade unions in the factory including CITU has already raised this reasonable demand.
Immediate action is required.
