Thousands of railway workers took to the streets across the country during the week 13th-18th September 2021. They were protesting against the government’s decision to privatise various assets of the Indian Railways in the name of “monetising” these assets.
Continue readingThe Situation Assessment Survey (SAS), published by the National Statistical Office on 10 September, 2021, is the most comprehensive official survey on economic conditions of peasants in the country. It was conducted in 2019 and collected data for the 12-month period July 2018 to June 2019. It confirms the severity of the agrarian crisis and the miserable conditions of kisan families.
Continue readingThe continuous protest of kisans at the borders of Delhi completed nine months on 25th August. Mazdoor Ekta Committee (MEC) organized a meeting on 6th September on the theme ‘Kisan andolan: Present situation and the way forward’. The meeting was conducted online.
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More than 10 lakh kisans from across the country came together on September 5, in a massive show of strength and unity, for a “Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat” organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
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On August 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a plan to “monetise” public assets in infrastructure. She claimed that the government expects to collect Rs 6 lakh crores over a four-year period through this method.
Continue readingSamyukta Kisan Morcha, the united front of kisan unions, has given a call for Bharat Bandh on 27 September, 2021. That day will mark one year since the President of India approved the three anti-kisan laws passed by the parliament. It will mark the completion of 10 months of the mass protests by kisans at the borders of Delhi.
Continue readingOn 11th September, 2001, two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. About 3000 people were killed in these terrorist attacks.
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The Covid-19 induced lockdown has ruined the dreams and aspirations of securing education, nurtured by millions upon millions of children and youth of our country. With the sudden announcement of the lockdown in March 2020, at one stroke, nearly 50% of school-going children of our country were thrown out of the education system.
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National Railway Mazdoor Union (NRMU CR/KR) an affiliate of AIRF will hold protest gate meetings, dharnas and demonstrations at all work units across C.Railway & Konkan Railway on 8.9.21 as a part of the “Chetavani Diwas” against the proposed monetisation of assets of the Indian Railways.
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A very large section of our country’s population is unable to earn its livelihood. Lakhs of families are living on the edge of human survival, borrowing from whoever they can to make up for the loss in income. The problem of unemployment is getting more and more critical. So is the problem of indebtedness, which is growing both in urban and rural areas.
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