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FeaturesEliminating the middleman in Bastar's Rs 1,000 crore NTFP trade
The Bajawand Primary Forest Produce Cooperative Society, in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, is a model for other cooperatives. Spearheaded by an illiterate tribal woman, Kalawati, the PFPCS has witnessed greater women's participation and bypassed corrupt middlemen More... No boats and nets: The livelihoods crisis45,920 boats have been lost or damaged in the tsunami in Tamil Nadu, India. The replacement of boats and nets and the restoration of their livelihoods is uppermost in fishermen's minds. But each boat could cost between Rs 10,000-80,000. A special report on the priorities of rehabilitation from Cuddalore district More... Adrift on the BrahmaputraThe crisis of livelihood in flood-affected Assam has reduced former landowners to illegal foragers of driftwood from the river More... Play fair at the OlympicsAs athletes perform swifter, higher and stronger at the Athens Olympics, millions of sweatshop workers have been working faster, longer and cheaper to make the fashionable sportswear. International coalitions are working to draw attention to the exploitation of these workers. In India, an alternative Olympic torch was carried from Tirupur to Ludhiana and other major Indian garment-producing centres More... Mithila's women paint their way out of povertyThe Bharati Vikas Manch, in Bihar's Barheta village, has been instrumental in teaching poor village women the famous Mithila genre of painting. The skill has helped transform lives and ward off poverty in many backward villages in the state More... Voices of women in prostitutionWomen of the SANGRAM collective for women in prostitution in Sangli meet regularly to discuss issues and problems. All have stories to tell about their lives and their profession More... Kottans for posterityTamil Nadu's almost-extinct traditional basket-weaving craft survives and thrives again More... Bangalore's contract municipal cleaners battle for minimum wagesDespite a Karnataka High Court order, that contract municipal cleaners in Bangalore be given the minimum wage of Rs 1,800 per month, corrupt contractors and Bangalore Mahanagara Palike officials continue to flout the laws More... Beedi workers in Chhattisgarh continue to be exploitedIn Chhattisgarh's beedi-producing belt, more than 50,000 families work in the multi-crore beedi industry. Despite the laws that govern this industry, the beedi workers are paid much less than the minimum wage, have no benefits and are constantly at risk of respiratory diseases More... |
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