Don’t Centralise Database

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 28THE proposed amendment of the law to enable the centre to maintain the database of registered births and deaths at the national level is an unwarranted step of centralisation.At present, the registration of births and deaths is under the purview of the state governments.The amendment proposed to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 providing for the centre to maintain the database is to facilitate the updating of the National Population Register (NPR) which is the basis on which the Nati

Pegasus: Government has to Answer

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 27THE government had refused to give a categorical answer to the Supreme Court whether any State agency used Pegasus spyware or not.This evasive stand, itself, was an admission of their complicity in the matter. It was the same obduracy that saw the entire monsoon session of parliament getting stalled. Since the Court has observed that national security cannot be the cover to deny a concrete response, it is incumbent upon the government to give a categorical reply.The Supreme Cour

HP: Farmers Protest against Land Acquisition

The farmers of Himachal Pradesh particularly those whose land is being acquired for the widening of roads, laying of tower lines, hydropower projects, airport construction etc., held a public meeting at Mandi on October 27, 2021. Nearly 20 organisations of the farmers participated in this protest.The call for the protest was given by a joint forum of affected farmers in August 2021 at a convention held in Mandi.LAND LOST IN DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTSHimachal Pradesh is a hilly state and the land for cultivation is less in comparison to other states.

Farmers’ Struggle Completes Eleven Months Amidst Nationwide Shaheed Kalash Yatras

THE historic farmers' movement in India which began on November 26, 2020 at Delhi's borders, along with the one day all India strike of the working class, completed eleven long months on October 26, 2021. Lakhs of annadaatas of our country have led a peaceful, continuous and resolute struggle and have put themselves through severe hardships during this period. In the largest such protests anywhere in the world, farmers have been demanding that their livelihoods be protected from corporate loot in unregulated markets.

Push for Ethanol-blended Petrol (EBP): Wrong in So Many Ways

THE Government’s Roadmap for Ethanol Blending India 2020-25, a programme of the Niti Aayog and the ministry of petroleum & natural gas, was launched without irony on World Environment Day, June 5, 2021. This is the new avatar of several past policies which have been repeatedly re-launched only to crash again.

Catastrophe in Offing; Strengthen DRR Principles

RECORD-breaking snowfall in Madrid(loss of 1.4 billion euros), Storm Cristoph in UK, Cyclone Ana in Fiji, Winter storms in Texas, Dust storm in China, Flooding in New South Wales, Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia, Record temperatures in Moscow, Heat Dome in US & Bootleg fire in Oregon are 10 of the many extreme weather events witnessed in the year 2021.Between 1970-2019 more than 91 per cent of the deaths attributed to climate change/ weather-related disasters were reported in developing countries.

Delhi: Domestic Breeding Checkers hold protest Demonstration

ON October 26, Domestic Breeding Checkers(DBC) held a protest demonstration in Delhi. The protest demonstration gave a clarion call that in case their demands are not met urgently, they will go on an indefinite strike. The demonstration was also addressed by A R Sindhu, leader of CITU.There are nearly 3,500 DBC's who have been working under a contract system in the three municipal corporations of Delhi for the last 26 years while giving invaluable contributions in controlling dengue, malaria and Corona.

Central Committee Communiqué

CPI(M) Central Committee met on October 22-24, 2021 at Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan, New Delhi. It has issued the following statement on October 25:ALL INDIA PROTEST AGAINST PRICE RISEThe Central Committee strongly condemned the daily hikes in the prices of petrol and diesel that are imposing unprecedented miseries on the people. This is accompanied by a monstrous hike in the price of cooking gas. This has triggered an overall inflationary spiral in the economy.

Bangladesh: A Grim Landscape of Bloodletting and Violence

THE world was shocked and outraged with the bloodletting and violence between October 13 and 16, in Bangladesh. This is unprecedented in terms of emotional damage; because this was a direct assault on the Durga puja celebrations in some parts of Bangladesh. The violence broke out in the Durga puja festivity in Comilla’s Nanuar Dighi. Later on, it spread to Chandpur, Noakhali and Chittagong.The forum of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians has formally stated that there has been violence, destruction and arson in seventy Durga puja pandals.

No to Updating National Population Register

THE updation of the National Population Register (NPR) is back on the agenda of the Census 2021 enumeration. According to a news report in The Hindu (dated October 27), the form for updation has been issued as part of the handbook for Census officers that has been given to all the states and was generated through an online system on August 18. According to The Hindu report, the document issued to the district Census officers by the Registrar General of India contains the form which will collect details on fourteen parameters of all family members for updating the data ba

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