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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.
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Out with MNREGA: Hitting the Poor for a Six
The author, brings attention to crucial issues affecting society and state through his unique brand of satire
“They Changed the Law, Aggravating Our Misery and Hunger”
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India’s New Labour Codes: A critical appraisal
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With the Government officially rolling out its long-discussed labour reforms, India stands at a crossroads. Do the new Codes advance labour rights — or do they quietly shift the balance of power toward employers under the guise of reform?
Appeal to Parliamentarians against repeal of MNREGA: Dr Manoj Jha & activists
Dr Manoj Jha, academic activist associated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and also a member of the Rajya Sabha has appealed to the fellow parliamentarians against repealing the forward looking and empowering Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 and replacing it with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025; meanwhile senior activists have also protested this move
Labour Rights Endangered: Four labour codes passed without worker or state governments’ consultation or consent
The Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Services comprising of well-known academics and former government servants apart from public intellectuals has called for the immediate revocation of the recently, unilaterally enacted Four Labour Codes; demanded that existing labour laws be brought fully in alignment with the letter and spirit of the Directive Principles of the Constitution and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to which India is a signatory
MNREGA to G RAM G: Ideological shift, erosion of rural workers’ rights, increase of fiscal burden on states
In continuance of its assault on constitutional rights, the Constitution itself and a rights based framework in rural work, the Modi 3.0 government’s introduction of a Bill to replace the MGNREGA 2005 twenty years later negates the basic concept and approach of a robust demand driven law
Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5
When the women of the sea rise, the tides...
‘Shankar Guha Niyogi: A Politics in red and green is testament to the path breaking experiments of a labour movement with a strong ecological...
The Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (CMM) with its all-encompassing vision that moved beyond a pure economist outlook and attempted to relate to national issues like war and militarism as also communalism
CJP submits detailed feedback to Labour Ministry on Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025
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Responding to the Union Ministry of Labour’s invitation of suggestions on the recently drafted Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025(National Labour and Employment Policy of India), Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has intervened with a detailed critique
Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
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