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FeaturesReleased from bondage
Nearly 5,000 Tamilian bonded labour families released from granite and marble quarries in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh by the Supreme Court of India have settled in 20 villages in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu. They are trying to begin a new life, free from the exploitative shackles of contractors More... Corruption and patronage mark NREGS implementation in BiharA survey of the NREGA by AMAN Trust in Jehanabad and Arwal districts of Bihar reveals that 50% of eligible households do not have access to the benefits of the scheme. Awareness of the scheme is low, only 16.5% of the beneficiaries are women, and caste/class hierarchies dominate More... A lot more boats but very little fishThree years after the tsunami there are a lot more boats in areas affected by the disaster. But yields are low and there's a new fear of the sea More... Unworkable guaranteePolice ‘rescues’ are stopping thousands of farmers from fleeing western Orissa’s bullock-cart economy to power the construction boom of New India. The alternative -- a grand prime ministerial job scheme to counter the annual march of this ragged army -- isn’t working More... Kerala's landless dalits battle for ChengaraIn yet another confrontation with industry, hundreds of landless families – principally dalits and adivasis -- have occupied the Harrison Malayalam rubber plantation in Kerala. Claiming that the company’s land lease has long expired, they are demanding 5 acres of land and Rs 50,000 for each family. A special report from the new battleground of Chengara More... Arkhakuda: Profile of poverty in ChilikaDeclining productivity in Chilika Lake, Orissa, has severely affected the livelihoods of this fishing community. Worst-affected are the widows of Arkhakuda, whose lives focus on the hunt for one square meal a day More... March to victoryThere was jubilation among the Janadesh marchers as the government announced the setting up of a land reforms committee and fast-track courts at the state level. True, the history of land reform in India is littered with broken promises and failed legislation, but Janadesh has brought land reforms for the poorest back onto the national agenda More... Janadesh: Marathon marchThis is a march on a breathtaking scale -- 25,000 people marching 320 km from Gwalior to Delhi, on one meal a day, sleeping in the open. These are people deprived of their land by powerful landlords, displaced by industrial projects with little or no compensation, denied access to traditional sources of livelihood. Jonathan Weedon is marching with them More... Orissa's tribals: Give us only what's rightfully oursTribals living near the Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary in Orissa step up their demand for rights over natural resources, in keeping with the new Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 More... Getting to know her land, the hard wayThe widows of farmers who have committed suicide in Vidarbha struggle to keep their farms running. For them too, it could be a losing battle More... 'Creative and cultural industries have the largest growth potential'With around 250 million artists and craftspersons, India is crying out for a large-scale repositioning and transformation of traditional skills for the global market. Rajeev Sethi, long-time supporter of the crafts sector, discusses his plans to do this by setting up a National Mission on India's creative industries More... Delhi's graveyard of rickshawsLiberalisation works in strange ways: There is no cap on the amount of polluting motorised vehicles that can be added to Delhi's roads. But there is a quota for eco-friendly rickshaws in the city. As a result, thousands of poor rickshaw-pullers are caught in a cycle of extortion, exploitation and poverty More... Chilika: A contested spaceAs the dispute over Chilika's aquatic resources continues, violent conflicts are erupting between fishermen and non-fishermen, authorised and unauthorised shrimp culturists, and locals and outsiders More... Two crore trees and the livelihood of thousands are at stakeThe Chhattisgarh Forest Development Corporation is to fell millions of trees in three districts of the state. Villagers claim that natural forests are being cleared to make way for commercial plantations. These forests are their lifeline More... Endogenous tourism opens up innovative livelihood options for rural communitiesShaam-E-Sarhad, at the edge of the Gujarat desert, is an endogenous tourism project promoted by the UNDP and tourism ministry. Run by the Hodka community, the project aims to open up innovative livelihood opportunities for low-income rural communities and promote sustainable tourism More... |
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