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Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces
The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.
Imprisoned on their boats along Guj coast
Migrant fishworkers beg to be sent home to Andhra Pradesh
Even after a month, only a paltry sum of allotted pulses reaches underprivileged
Data showed that out of the monthly allocated 1.95 lakh MTs, only 19,496 tonnes had been distributed by states
Trade Unions intervene in plea opposing MHA order directing payment of full wages to workers
Intervention application has been filed in this petition, in support of the government’s decision
If agriculture were to be the most remunerative activity
How the Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be a great leveler
Migrant travels 2,800 km on foot from Gujarat to reach home in Assam amid lockdown
45-year-old Jadav Gogoi was robbed of his cash and valuables on the way and survived by begging
State governments release aid for construction workers amid lockdown
The assistance in Maharashtra is set to benefit 12 lakh workers
Watch: India must feed its toiling millions – Jean Drèze and Teesta Setalvad
First Published on 19th April 2020In an illuminating chat...
Eminent citizens write to President of India to restore dignity of migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
They have also asked that monitoring committees be formed to oversee the facilities and shelters provided to migrants during the lockdown
Sanitation & Justice: Classify Sanitation Workers as Health Workers
Concerned citizens have, through an open letter to state and society, demanded that sanitation workers be classified as healthcare workers to protect their dignity and be provided minimum wages of Rs. 20,000
Collective of organizations narrates migrant’s unacceptable plight at Rajasthan shelter home
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