Jharkhand
Community Survey
‘If I get pension, I would like to study’ requests a young girl
Chitta Hembrom, 16, is a tribal handicap from Jharkhand who has not received her disability pension since four years. Under Jharkhand state’s Swami Vivekananda Nishakt Swalamban Protsahan Yojna she is entitled to receive Rs. 400 per month and nor is she receiving the state’s educational scholarship of Rs. 250 per...
A shocking proof of corrupt NREGA officials in Jharkhand
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has boosted about high women participation in the labour workforce. On the completion of a decade of NREGA, BJP national Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh had said revealed that 2014-15 saw the highest utilisation of funds under NREGA with Rs 48,000 crore utilised, the highest...
IMPACT: Chhattisgarh Tribal Farmers win back land from Factory
Three tribal farmers of Raigadh, Chhattisgarh including Shantaram had unlawfully lost their lands to Navdurga Pvt. Ltd., a sponge iron company. Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, these lands that belong to the tribal farmers cannot be acquired for industrial purposes. However,...
Struggle for Salt and Rice – A widow’s wait for pension
Naima Khatun, a widow from rural Jharkhand used to survive on a meagre meal of salt and rice, all thanks to her widow pension of Rs. 400. “I used to work for other people in exchange for food but after getting the pension, life was easier,” recalls Naima, as she...
Impact: Mothers & Nurses get their due payment from health department after 3 years
A snoring health department in Dhanbad district was awoken from its three-year slumber of non-payment by Halima Ejaj, a soft-spoken woman in Jharkhand in March. Under the Janani Suraksha Yojana, a mother having an institutional delivery in a government hospital is paid Rs. 1,400, while the Sahiya, the government appointed...
Video Volunteers Impact: Thirsty Community of Chainpur gets water supply
At Chainpur village of Jharkhand, over 4,000 households were struggling for water as over 100 hand-pumps of the district had broken down. The residents’ endured dependency on only one hand pump for their daily chores, drinking water and water for their cattle, for two whole years. While there was no...
Video Volunteers’ Impact – Jharkhand school gets necessary basic amenities
Water, sanitation and hygiene – the basic amenities are necessary to produce a healthy school environment. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has emphasised on the availability of these necessities with national campaigns like Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya, ‘Clean India: Clean Schools’. The campaign document even provides design guidelines...
Lack of clean drinking water troubles this Jharkhand village
Juliani Purty has not had access to clean drinking water for more than what she can remember. She and 10 more families located in Longkata, Bandgaon, Jharkhand struggle for a sip of clean, hygienic water. During the summers’, the community well dries up, forcing the women to carry water from...