Simply put: Unemployment rate in India

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FREEDOM FROM FEAR

Ray of hope

Man-eater of Manatu

A former zamindar renders his downfall into a fight for justice

Tribals solve problems through self - reliance

The Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, with its emphasis on people-oriented strategies, has improved tremendously the lot of the tribals in and around …

Climate change leads to bonded labour in Bangladesh

Farmers shift from paddy to mango as water dwindles and heat rises, forcing now-redundant farm labour to borrow for survival and go into bondage

Bonded labour, child labour: Manual scavenging in India far from being eradicated

More than 90% manual scavengers were never recorded through the PEMSR Act

Development Deathtraps

Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame

From bonded labourers to green crusaders

Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly

Labourers become quarry managers

Women quarry-workers in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai district have formed cooperatives and are managing the same granite quarries where they once …

Dear Minister, here is proof India’s children suffered during COVID-19 lockdown

Accepting that there was a great disruption in the lives of Indian children will pave the way to make rectification measures more effective

Extracts from 'Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country'

Extracts from Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country by Sudeep Chakravarty....

Uttarakhand tribal community bound to bonded labour

Govt must get its hands dirty to rescue manual scavengers

Swachh Bharat Mission will end up perpetuating manual scavenging if the authorities fail to implement right toilet technology and manage the huge …

From the blurbs

Tribals continue to be robbed of land in Erode

My father used to say that an adivasi without land is like a living corpse

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

We need our slaves

India tops the list of countries with huge numbers of modern slaves. But there is little outrage or concern here over what is an everyday reality

Disowned 100,000

Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages