recommendations, one of which
is more worthy that proposes for
legal action on farmers using the
glufosinate-based herbicide
(basta) on the crops. Gufosinate-
based herbicides act as a
neurotoxin and the adverse
impacts on humans according to
the US national institute of health. This recommendation is nothing
but a move to onus on the farmers,
absolving the pesticide industry
and rigorously implementing the
ban on that her bicide.
Even at this juncture of the
worst state of affairs, the
administration and the rulers are
choosing to protect the interests of foreign capital driven pesticide
industry, but not the farmers the
back-bone of Indian economy,
who produce food for the nation.
Thus apart from economic
impacts this pesticide menace is
proved to be a haunting scourge
of ‘green revolution’, which shall
not be allowed to continue, but to
be fought out relentlessly.
contd from page 18 itself. In other words, the system
of parliamentary democracy will
not and cannot eradicate and
eliminate corruption, since the
very foundations of this system of
exploitation is imbued with the
seeds of corruption and deceit.
Presently while the neo-liberal
economic policies of imperialist
capitalism that have been ruling
the world, reducing the
governments in to a mere profit-
making of business of ruling, more
such anti-people acts and laws
threatening the people’s rights will
be passed legally by the
assemblies and parliament. Such
is the class-nature of the very
system of capitalist democracy.
It is note-worth that this is not
the first-time that the Rajasthan
government has enacted/ promulgated such regressive and
draconian laws. It stood in the fore
front of amending labour laws
against the interests of working-
class regressively pushing back to
the era of the British-colonial rule
of ruthless exploitation and
oppression.
This exposes the reactionary
attitude and anti-look of our rulers
particularly the B.J.P. rulers, as is
apparent that this bill has been
blessed by a central junior minister
as a “perfect and balanced” bill.
It is for the patriotic and
democratic minded people, to
expose this blatant hypocrisy and
deception played by our rulers and
ruling classes and awaken and
mobilize people against their
democratic class nature and its
anti-people rule.
amendments to the Factories Act,
1938 to reduce the number of
inspections to be made each year.
Even before the amendment is
incorporated in the Act, it
introduced shram suvidha portal
that accepts “self-certification” of
compliance to labour laws. The
boiler Regulations 1950 were
amended to allow self-certification
by the employers.
It is in this context that the work
place accidents are growing
phenomenally. The rights and lives
of the workers are being placed at
the altar of “ease of doing
business”. Unchahar blast is one
of hundreds of industrial accidents that occur every year. And
thousands of workers are losing
their lives. It is the working class
through its class struggles that
can change this perilous situation
they were forced to exits.
‘independent’ judiciary seems to
view that it is more important than
being equal before law along with
the common people. Recently
when a case of allegations of
corruption against a former high
court judge of Odisha was referred
to a five-member constitution
bench, the C.J.I, had chosen to
quoting it in the name of upholding
his right “as the master of roster”
– a technical ground. This attitude
speaks volumes about the
insincerity of our system to really
fight against corruption.
All this mockery of justice and
the drama of implementation of
law is being continually practiced
and played in the name of
democracy, and in the praise of
so-called pillars of democracy
contd from page 17
Why such callous impunity
being shown towards the safety of
workers? Since the advent of New
economic policies, there was all
round clamour for dismantling of
labour laws and put in their place
‘hire and fire’ policy. The successive
government incessantly talked
about labour reforms, which is
nothing but doing away with
labour laws.
The present BJP government
proposed amendments to the
Contact Labour (regularisation
and Abolition) Act, 1970 to facilitate
use of contract labour in
hazardous jobs. It also proposed
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