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Left-UPA: Divorce after 4 years of troubled ties
July 08, 2008
As the Left parties went on the backfoot over the Nandigram issue, they asked the Centre to amend the Special Economic Zone laws and rules to specify compensation and other social welfare measures for those who would lose their land for major industrial or infrastructure projects.
On badly-needed social security reforms in India, the Left again opposed the government's move to privatise pension funds and invest a portion of its corpus in the stock market.
The Pension Fund Development and Regulatory Authority bill is thus pending before Parliament.
Image: Left supporters during a protest march in New Delhi on June 11 to protest against the increase in the price of essential commodities.
Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
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