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World listens to ‘Iron Lady of Jharkhand’ in the Big Apple -Narayan Lakshman

ing with the establishment of a $8.79 billion steel plant based on the proposed seizure of 12,000 acres of land and the displacement of 40 villages, not to mention the likely ecosystem and indigenous Livelihoods damage. In an article written at the time she was quoted saying, "We will not allow the ArcelorMittal Company to enter into the villages because one cannot be rehabilitated once displaced. The lands which we cultivate belong to our a

In the Name of the Greater Good-Gopalkrishna Gandhi

ve been educating the country about our agrarian crisis, the loss of land suffered by those working on it, displacement and the farming populations' tragic lurchings in search of alternative means of Livelihood. The works and words of Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy and Medha Patkar have been amazingly bold and moving. All of them carry conviction, but for just about everyone except policy-formulators. To the energies and perseverance of these educators

Privatising the ICDS?-Jayati Ghosh

ures reflect the failure of the ICDS. But this is the wrong interpretation. Rather, over the entire period, funds expended on this programme were very inadequate in a broader macroeconomic context of Livelihood crises and inadequate employment generation. This did not allow the ICDS programme to deliver to its potential. This conclusion is confirmed by a recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the functioning of the ICDS. The per

Laws for citizens, and by them too -Ruchi Gupta and Nikhil Dey

n features of the proposed legislation; financial implications of the proposed legislation; and an impact assessment of the legislation on the "environment, fundamental rights, and the lives and Livelihood of the concerned/ affected people" - to be kept in the public domain for at least 45 days. Next, the draft legislation on the basis of the above must also be put in the public domain for at least 90 days, including decentralised disseminat

6 tribals rescued from Karnataka -Satyanarayan Pattnaik

agent identified as Rama Khillo of Sileru in Andhra Pradesh had lured these people, aged between 20 and 25 years, from Malkangiri district's RAC 1 village underKorkunda block with promises of better Livelihood at Hassan on April 5. "These people were taken from Malkangiri to Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh and then to Hassan. They were engaged in construction work and forced to work from 4 am to 8 pm. Though they were promised wage of Rs 250

Srirangam farmers up in arms over land acquisition move

to acquire their land for the setting up of a paper board unit. The farmers argued that the land identified for the State-owned project had been under cultivation for three generations, and the Livelihood of at least 2,000 families would be affected if the government went ahead with the acquisition proposal. The Rs. 1,200-crore multi-layer double-coated board manufacturing unit is to be set up at Mondipatti village and the surrounding dry a

Kalahandi: from hunger deaths to a rice revolution -Chetan Chauhan

l fund to deal with starvation deaths there." Gandhi's personal interest resulted in the Centre's first direct intervention in Kalahandi. A long-term programme was worked out to improve the Livelihood of people in not just Kalahandi but the adjoining districts of Bolangir and Kolatpur as well. Further, a new district of Nuapada was carved out of Kalahandi, and the other two were also split for better administration, with the result that

Rural wage hike plea on Ramesh table -Amit Gupta

number of programmes throughout the day, spent maximum time at the SKIPA meeting that continued from 2pm to 6pm. The Congress leader also took stock of schemes like Indira Awas Yojana, National Rural Livelihood Mission, skill development and watershed development programmes. According to sources, Ramesh directed the state officials to implement integrated rural development models in a total of 259 panchayats across as many blocks of different dis

Shocking betrayal on Western Ghats

we had proposed. Moreover, freshwater biodiversity is far more threatened than forest biodiversity and lies largely in what you term cultural landscapes. Freshwater biodiversity is also vital to Livelihoods and nutrition of large sections of our people. That is why we had provided a detailed case study of the Lote Chemical Industry complex in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, where pollution, exceeding all legal limits, has devastated fishe

Police failed to prevent attack on Dalits by Rors, says report

e dominant communities have no fear of the law for they occupy key positions in the government. Quoting Darshan Singh, a Dalit from the village, the report states that the attack will affect the Livelihood of 150 Dalit families because now they cannot work in the farms of the Rors. The CAM has demanded that all those implicated in the Pabnawa attack be arrested immediately and the police personnel who did not prevent it be dismissed. It has