Employment generating Policies needed: CPI (M)

Gulbarga, Dec 3: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Central Secretariat Member Neelopa Basu today said that mere GDP growth will not take country to a developed one, what is needed was policies should be aimed at employment generating.

Talking to newsmen here, he said that the Centre should evolve policies which ensures employment to youth and leads to uplift downtrodden.

Expressing his anguish over the way in which the main opposition in the Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party behaving in the House, Mr Basu alleged that "BJP not raising the issues concerning people's problem like rise in the prices of essential commodities and Oil price. " Referring to increase in suicide by the farmers, Mr Basu stressed the need for a new agriculture policy. '' there is need to overhaul the Farm Policy." Replying to a question, Mr Basu clarified that the CPI (M) would not seek support of BJP in opposing the anti-people policies of the Union Government.

On establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Mr Basu opined that it should be aimed at developing industry and manufacture and not real estate oriented and tax benefits given should be reviewed.

Replying to another question over the controversy in West Bengal over land acquisition by the State Government under the SEZ for Tata Motors, on which the Trinamool Congress created uproar in the Assembly, Mr Basu clarified that the land owners voluntarily handed over their lands to the government for SEZ and denied that they were forced to give up their lands. '' The displaced people will be rehabilitated and justice will be done to all'', he added.

Expressing apprehension over allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail market sector, Mr Basu argued that FDI in Retail sector would be detrimental to traders. However, he was non committal to whether CPI(M) would allow FDI in the State.

Mr Basu said that negotiation with Maoists was not possible unless they give up violence.

UNI

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