New Delhi Nov 19 PTI The All India Trade Union Congress AITUC on Friday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modis announcement of repealing three farm laws as too late too little Modi on Friday morning announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year and appealed to the protesting farmers to return home AITUC National Secretariat terms the PMs announcement Too Late Too little an AITUC statement said Assuming that the promise made is not a chunavi jumla election gimmick and is actually a resolute course correction and carried through Parliament that leaves out the Electricity Amendment Bill and legal guarantee for MSP minimum support price which the farmers have been demanding right from the beginning it added AITUC alleged that the farm laws were part of the total subversion of egalitarian direction of the economy The four labour codes and the all-out privatisation plan including the National Monetisation Pipeline are the other aspects of the subversion plan it added AITUC urged the Prime Minister to withdraw these policy measures too instead of defending the indefensible It also congratulated the Samyukt Kisan Morcha SKM for leading the agitation and assured its continued support to the farmers union PTI KKS ABM ABM

New Delhi Sep 24 PTI The Left parties on Friday appealed to the people to support the Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on September 27 to protest the Centres three agri lawsThe SKM is the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers agitationIn a joint statement the CPI CPIMAll India Forward Bloc Revolutionary Socialist Party and the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist said the historic farmers struggle demanding the repeal of the agri-laws and a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price is in its 10thmonth and urged people to come out in support of their causeThe parties accused the government of being obdurate and said the Centre is refusing to engage with struggling kisans through talks The Left parties while condemning this obstinacy of the Modi government demand that these agri-laws be repealed immediately guaranteed MSP be implemented the National Monetisation Pipeline be scrapped and Labour Codes repealedThe Left parties call upon all their units to actively work for the success of Bharat Bandh The Left Parties appeal to the people to support this Bharat Bandh the statement said TI ASG TDS TDS TDS

Washington DC [US], September 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday during his high-level US visit met with Blackstone's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stephen Schwarzman in Washington DC and discussed ongoing projects and further investment opportunities in India.

New Delhi Sep 18 PTI Scores of people from the schedule castes and the schedule tribes communities on Saturday staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar here to oppose the National Monetisation Pipeline NMPThe demonstration was held under the aegis of the All India Confederation of SCST Organisations popularly known as Parisangh -- a organisation comprising employees and social activists The protest was led by Parisangh national chairperson and former Delhi MP Udit RajUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had last month announced the Rs 6 lakh crore NMP that will look to unlock value in infrastructure assets across sectors ranging from power to road and railways Raj claimed that at present about 80 per cent government posts are lying vacant Instead of filling up these vacant posts the Modi government is snatching away government posts More than 240 posts are lying vacant in different tribunals Out of 54 central government universities there is no single SCSTOBC vice chancellor he saidThese communities are already at the receiving end in higher judiciary The courts are against reservation and there is little scope to get any relief from there Raj said He alleged that the education sector is the worst hit by the government policiesIn the New Education Policy there is no mention of reservation Raj said As many as 934 of 1286 posts of professors are vacant in IIMs and situation is equally bleak in IITs We have been opposing the privatisation since 2002 and fighting for reservation in private sector he said Raj alleged that the privatisation will harm the SCST and OBC the most Their participation in national resources will be further marginalised and resultantly loss of nation the former MP said PTI AKM ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The first meeting of the committee constituted by the Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi will be held on September 14 in the national capital to deliberate and formulate strategies on the campaign movements to be undertaken by the party against the policies of the Central government.

New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Ahead of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh's protest against the Centre, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a dig at the Central government saying that if they are so sure about the merits of the National Monetisation Pipeline then they should be able to convince the RSS-affiliated trade union first.

Panaji (Goa) [India], September 5 (ANI): Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday continued his criticism of the Central government's National Monetisation Pipeline scheme and called it a "daylight robber".

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 3 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the country's asset monetisation pipeline scheme saying it is "scandalous" and "daylight robbery".

Panaji Aug 31 PTI Congress leader and former Union minister MM Pallam Raju on Tuesday termed the National Monetisation Pipeline of the Narendra Modi government as an anti-national act involving the squandering away of the countrys hard-earned assets The NMP announced on August 23 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman aims to unlock monetary value in brownfield infrastructure assets across sectors ranging from roads to railways over a four-year period till fiscal 2025 Addressing a press conference here Raju said The sale of Indias hard-earned assets created over 67 years is the single biggest anti-national act It is being sold squandered away by the Narendra Modi government like a clearance sale of national assets He said the previous Congress-led UPA government had envisaged disinvestment only in chronically loss-making PSUs or those with minimal market share not in sectors having strategic importance which could have led to private sector monopoly or duopoly As a result of this decision the income generated from such public assets for investment in underdeveloped areas as well as job opportunities in them by way of reservation for poor SCs STs and OBCs will be finished he said PTI RPS BNM BNM BNM

Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], August 27 (ANI): The Shivamogga district unit of Youth Congress on Thursday staged a protest in Karnataka's Shivamogga opposing the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) launched by the Central government.