People's Democracy
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 35
August 28, 2005
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Vol.
XXIX
No. 35 August 28, 2005 |
Called
By The CC In Aug-Sept 2005
Following
are the demands relating to food, land and employment issues on which the
central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has given a call for
waging of a countrywide movement in the months of August and September of this
year.
FOOD
Ration
System
Universalisation
of PDS
In
the interim, issue BPL cards to all those denied cards.
Change
criteria for identifying BPL beneficiaries.
Antyodaya
to be expanded.
Sugar
to be included at subsidised price.
Expansion of commodities in the rationing system.
End
dual system in prices – all foodgrains to be calculated on BPL prices by
Centre and allocation increased.
Permit
state governments to extend programme to other priority areas outside
identified backward districts.
Decentralise
schemes and assist projects according to local requirements. No involvement
of contractors.
Minimum
wages notified at the state level to be ensured.
All workers to be time-rated as opposed to piece-rated.
Immediately
revise food for work programme guidelines and ensure decentralisation,
people’s participation, inclusion of other areas, 30% for women.
Stop
reversal of land reforms in various states and enact radical land reform
acts as in West Bengal and Kerala.
Joint pattas for women.
Distribute
the government wasteland and excess land to landless, with priority to
scheduled castes. Not to big business and MNCs.
Stop
eviction of tribals from the lands in their occupation. Right of tribals to
forest lands.
Eviction
of tenants should be stopped.
Register tenancy.
Homestead
land for landless agricultural workers.
Land
and all the
mineral resources is a sovereign national right. It should not be
exploited by foreign companies.
Promote industrialisation and provide jobs in primary education and services sector by reversing the policies of liberalisation.
Lift
ban on recruitment in Central Government and state government posts.
Implement
the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act when adopted and extend to urban
areas.
Enhance
allocations for employment generation for educated unemployed.
