Alternative Policies of the Left Front On Land and Agriculture • Implementation of land reforms through distributing surplus land to landless people • Land should be provided to all homeless people for building homes • No forceful acquisition of land • On the basis of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee report, remunerating prices and credit at low interest should be ensured for the farmers On Industries and Infrastructure • Public investment should be increased in infrastructure • To improve the employment situation factories and industries have to be set up • Mines and oil/gas fields should be nationalized On Financial Sector • Stop the leakage in taxation and ensure the collection of the statutory taxes • Impose control on speculative finance in the country • Stop the liberalization of the financial sector • Reject the policy of FDI in retail trade On Right to Food • There should be universal public distribution system • Every family should be provided with 35 Kg food-grain per month at a maximum price of Rs. 2/Kg • The Food Security Act should be applicable to both APL and BPL sections of the population On Secularism • Complete separation of religion from state as the key component of secularism should be enshrined in the constitution • Strong steps should be taken to counter the communal forces On Health and Education • Funds allocated to education and health should be increased • Stop privatization of health and education services • Proper implementation of the Right to Education Act should be ensured Against Corruption • Strict steps to be taken to stop corruption at high levels of Government • Lokpal Act should be implemented with the provision for empowering the Lokpal with independent enquiry • Electoral reforms should be implemented On Women’s Issues • Equal rights of women should be implemented in every sphere of public life • One-third of the seats should be reserves for women in the Assembly and Parliament On Dalit and Minorities • Rights of the dalits should be protected • Reservation should be provided in the private sector for SC/ST • To ensure reservation for minorities, the recommendations of the Ranganath Mishra Commission report should be implemented On Workers’ Rights • Steps should be taken to ensure the rights of the working class • Just minimum wage for all workers should be ensured • Social security for workers should be ensured • Contractual and temporary employment should be stopped Independent Foreign Policy should be pursued. - See more at: cpimwb.org.in/current_topic_details.php?topic_id=577#sthash.qkCPMrnZ.dpuf
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