Production Linked Scheme – loot of public money for enriching monopoly capitalists

The PLI is nothing but a handout of public money for ensuring maximum profits for monopoly capitalists in the name of building ‘Atmnirbhar Bharat’. The profits of the biggest monopolies are guaranteed under the schemes, but fulfilment of stated objectives such as employment generation are not – they remain policy objectives.  We have seen again and again that putting public money into the pockets of the monopoly capitalists is called “incentive”, while transfers to working people are called “freebies”.

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Barbaric violence once again unleashed on worshippers at the Al- Aqsa Mosque:
Condemn the terrorism of the Israeli state against the Palestinian people!

On two successive nights, April 5 and 6, Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The attacks were provocatively and deliberately carried out during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israeli forces forcibly entered the mosque while prayers were going on. The worshippers were ruthlessly beaten up

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Conference on problems facing the peasantry of Tamilnadu:
Resolves to strengthen the fighting unity of the peasants in defence of their rights

A Conference was held at Ammapettai, near Thanjavur in Tamilnadu to discuss problems faced by peasants and the way forward. It discussed burning issues facing the peasants, including problem of lack of water for irrigation of crops in the dry regions, the absence of a assured Minimum Support Price for all crops, and the absence of storage and other infrastructure facilities.

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