THIS 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep concern over the growing atrocities and injustices against dalits in many parts of the country.  These have increased and assumed new dimensions after the BJP came to power at the centre. Unfortunately in the recent period the judiciary is also sometimes giving judgments and making pronouncements that are inimical to the principles of social justice and affirmative action.Under the BJP government, the pace of the implementation of neoliberal policies gathered pace and budgetary allocations for SC welfare are cut

On this May Day, the International Day of Working Class Solidarity,CITUWarmly greets the workers and all toiling people in the world, who have been fighting to protect and to regain their hard won rights and benefits under severe attacks by the big capitalists and their agents in governanceWelcomes the increasing urge for unionisation among the working class worldwide, particularly the young workers and the surge in global working class struggles including in the USA, the bastion of capitalismOn this May DayCITU notes the commendabl

FIRST ever of its kind, a free clinic for unorganised sector workers in the state of Karnataka has been started by Bengaluru district committees of CITU. Dr C N Manjunath, director of Jaydeva Institute of Cardiology, Bengaluru inaugurated the Shramik Clinic for Unorganised Sector Workers at Jyothi Basu Bavan, CITU district committee office on April 16, 2022 in the presence of CITU national vice president  A K Padmanabhan.The clinic with free medical consultation will be available every day for the families of unorganised workers who are members of CITU affiliated Unions.

INDIA’S trade deficit has increased in the recent months with double digit growths in both exports and imports. The trade deficit was a result of imports growing at a faster pace than that of exports. The year on year growth of exports and imports in March 2022 was roughly 20 per cent and 24 per cent respectively leading to a widening trade deficit. This is primarily because of rise in the import bills due to increase in international prices of petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) and also of non-oil and non-gold and silver imports such as commodities and metals.

THE 23rd Congress of CPI(M) warns that the move of Indian government to make an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 5 per cent of the shares of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the beginning of a nefarious scheme to privatise LIC. Despite a quarter-century of deregulation of the insurance sector, LIC still accounts for 73 per cent of the policies and 61 per cent of the first-year premium in the country. It is one of the world’s most valued insurance brands.