Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition

Access to village commons improved livelihoods but some recent state policies seek to grab them

At rainbow's end

SONA MATTI (with English subtitles)- 40 min. 16 mm Sehjo Singh

Women's tales

THE HIDDEN STORY: A QUEST FOR WOMEN'S UNRECORDED HISTORY Shikhajhjngan and Ranjani Mazumdat Duration 58 minutes Betacam Institution, Rs ION / us $…

Toon book on problems faced by tribals

एक एकड़ जमीन : दिल्ली के बेबस आखिरी किसान

दिल्ली के किसानों की एक पूरी उमर निकल गई लेकिन वे अपनी खेती का मालिकाना हक नहीं हासिल कर सके। सियासत जारी है और ...

Inspired by Marx

नील वाला आंदोलन

भारतीय स्वतंत्रता संग्राम में नील आंदोलन की महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका रही है। जब अंग्रेजों द्वारा चंपारण में नील किसानों का शोषण हद से गुजर गया, ...

Champaran Satyagraha continues

A century ago, Gandhi tested the idea of satyagraha to fight for indigo farmers. While the crop is seeing a revival in the south, Champaran is in …

How the Bill took shape

Slow march to land reform

Expert committee report crawls only after a protest

Uttarakhand tribal community bound to bonded labour

Consolidation against commoners

After land consolidation was introduced, the landless poor and agricultural labourers, who depended on common resources, faced tremendous problems

खेत में जो मेहनत करे उसे मिले सरकारी लाभ, सरकार से कानून बनाने की सिफारिश

असली किसान कौन है? खेतों में काम करने वाले या भू-स्वामी? सीधे खाते में पैसा पहुंचाने की योजना पर रोक और किसानों की पहचान ...

Nepal king to pay taxes

Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor

Land Titling Bill silent on settling rights of tribals and the poor

Land is not less

Thanks to state apathy, tribals of Kerala are landless

Displaced by fencing

Government fails to compensate the homeless in Mizoram, Tripura

Farmers shrink, labourers swell

Displacement, lack of jobs main reasons behind increase in farm labour

Update

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

Resettlement & rehabilitation. New policy, old story

Tribals continue to be robbed of land in Erode

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

Building dreams for homeless

Government promises land to the homeless in its draft Homestead Bill, but where’s the land?

A compromised consensus

Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?

Miles to go