December 2015
No MGNREGA jobs for women in Bhoyar, UP
“Women don’t have the opportunity to earn a living doing men’s work.” “When I ask for work they tell me that I cannot do those jobs.” “If we do not earn then how are we expected to make a living.” Under the MGNREGA scheme provision has been made for 100...
IMPACT| Ensuring Subsidized Ration for Luxmipur, Bihar
The community at Luxmipur village was not receiving subsidized ration and, therefore, were forced to buy food supplies at a high price from the market. Many simply couldn’t afford and struggled to make ends meet. CC Reena mobilized the community and met with the local ration dealer. He assured that...
Digital India but hungry Indians
In March 2015 Mamta Banerjee announced digitised ration cards in the state of West Bengal, estimated to benefit more than five crore people. But for the people of Karkara village which comes under the Purulia district of West Bengal there is no respite. These people have been issued new ration...
A school without electricity in Cooch Behar
88 students belonging to Dalit and Muslim communities are forced to study in a school without electricity. The village in which the school is located has electricity but for 15 years there has been no electricity in the school. Please call the BDO of Cooch Behar on +91-3582270221 and demand...
The House Breaking Cement from Madhya Pradesh
” When the factory carries out explosions, our ancestral houses get damaged.”” The explosions are so intense that it develops cracks even in new buildings, let alone our old foundations.” Arti reports from Chainpura village where a cement factory’s neverending mining operations are putting lives of villagers in danger and...
Living with HIV in rural Odisha
India has won global appraisal with the consistent decline in number of HIV/AIDS infected people in the last three decades. By 2011, India marked more than 50% decline in number of new HIV infections. Yet, HIV/AIDS is still treated like a taboo in both urban and rural spheres. Jhunu, a...