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Hans India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
CPI charges Naidu with deceiving unemployed youth
Ongole: The Communist Party of India (CPI) has criticised Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu for allegedly failing to fulfil his election promises to unemployed youth, demanding immediate implementation of the promised Rs 3,000 unemployment allowance. The state committee meeting of the All India Youth Federation was held at Mallaiah Lingam Bhavan here on Thursday. AIYF state president Mojjada Yugandhar presided over the meeting, in which CPI state executive member Gujjula Eswaraiah participated as the chief guest. Speaking at the meeting, Eswaraiah accused the Chief Minister of deceiving unemployed youth once again. He highlighted that during the election campaign, Naidu had promised to implement the 'Super Six' welfare schemes, including unemployment allowance. He said that the Chief Minister had also pledged to create 20 lakh jobs within five years and enable youth to earn lakhs through work-from-home opportunities, preventing migration to other states or countries for employment. He said that though a year has passed since coming to power, the coalition government failed to fill the four lakh jobs, and criticised the government's failure to establish promised IT industries and industrial corridors in every district. Eswaraiah mentioned the data from the 'Skill Census Survey' conducted in February by the government through village and ward secretariat employees, that over 1.56 crore people aged between 18 and 50 years in the state are without employment across 26 districts. He said that the survey revealed that while 52.69 lakh people are engaged in some form of work, 52.74 lakh are ready to take up any employment. He pointed out that despite approximately 3.20 lakh vacant positions in various state government departments, the government has not released a white paper on filling these posts or issued notifications for recruitment. The AIYF announced plans to intensify their struggle for unemployed youth and called for making the upcoming workers' rally on August 23 in Ongole a success. Various state office bearers of AIYF, including Paruchuri Rajendra Babu, Gandala Santosh Kumar, and others, attended the meeting.
The Hindu
30-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
AIKS opposes promotion of gene-edited crop varieties
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has written a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressing its strong opposition to the introduction, promotion, and commercialisation of gene-edited crop varieties, including rice, in agricultural systems. In the letter dated Friday, Andhra Pradesh Ryotu Sangham (AIKS) president G. Eswaraiah and general secretary K.V.V. Prasad said that they were deeply concerned that these developments were being pursued without sufficient consultation with farmers, independent scientific assessment, or transparent public debate. The entry of gene-edited seeds threatens to create new forms of dependency for farmers while offering no proven long-term benefits. In the past, the AIKS expressed its concerns about Bt cotton and Bt Brinjal. Even though Bt cotton was effective for a few years, later it failed in controlling pests. Lakhs of farmers sustained huge losses. As Seed Bill 2004 was not passed, in the absence of a proper crop insurance scheme, farmers were not compensated resulting in suicidal deaths. ''Enact strict liability laws to hold seed and biotech companies accountable for economic and environmental harm caused by their products. Our bitter experience with Bt cotton should not be forgotten. Farmers must not be turned into passive consumers of corporate-controlled technologies. True agricultural development lies in empowering farmers through self-reliance. We hope the Ministry will heed this call and take steps to protect the rights, livelihoods, and dignity of India's farmers,' they added.
