[Marxistindia] Release Grains from Huge Stock-Pile

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 18, 2020
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
Release Grains from Huge Stock-Pile
As the nation is trying to contain the spread of deadly Covid-19 virus, its
adverse economic effects have already started impacting the livelihoods of
vast sections of poor and marginal sections. Activities in many sectors of
the economy like hospitality, tourism, construction, transport have
virtually come to a standstill hitting hard the earnings of daily wage and
unorganized workers, street vendors, small shopkeepers and migrant workers. 
This has a direct impact on increasing hunger, malnutrition and subsequent
weakening of immunity. It is therefore essential for the Central Government
to release increased allocations of foodgrains to the states free of cost so
as to start a programme of making free rations available to unorganized
workers and migrant workers. The Central Government at present has a huge
stock of 7.5 crore tonnes (as on February 1) which is rotting in godowns.
Unless the Central and state governments come forward to provide help to the
families of  poor to tide over the present hardship by providing free
rations, they would become more vulnerable  to the attack of Covid-19 virus.

The Polit Bureau urges the Central government to release foodgrains from its
stockpile for distribution among the needy poor all over the country.
 
 
(For CPI(M) Central Committee Office)
 
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