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164 injured in violence at Jindal Steel and Power Limited in Angul, Odisha

Security men belonging to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) company at Nisa, 15 kms from Angul in Odisha, brutally attacked 160 villagers, many of them women, on 25th...

SHA Consultation in Tirupati, 11th November 2011

Small Holder Agriculture Consultation in Munsiyari, Uttarakhand; 14-15th November 2011

A two-day consultation was facilitated by SRUTI in Munsiyari from 14-15 November 2011 to understand the problems and challenges before small holder farmers in the region. The...

Human trafficking continues to rise in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh's vast northern region that includes Surguja, Korba, Jashpur, Korea and Raigarh districts is infamous for human trafficking cases. Instances of men taking...

Small Holder Agriculture Consultation in Patna, 29-30th November 2011

A two-day consultation was facilitated by SRUTI in Patna, Bihar, from 29-30th November 2011 to discuss problems and challenges faced by small holder cultivators / farmers.

NCPRI invite to Grievance Redress Camps in Delhi, 14-16th Dec 2011

Greetings from the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI).

Update - Rural Herbal Practitioner's Sammelan in Nayagarh, Odisha

Empowering communities in Uttarakhand to manage one's resources

In an effort to integrate economic growth, access of communities to natural resources and environmental conservation, Chetna Andolan in Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand is...

A welcome change in Census 2011

The Economic and Caste Census is currently being conducted across the country since June 2011. Through the addition of information on caste, a first since 1931, the Government...

Update - Hunger Strike for Land Rights in Parbatta, Bihar

Sanjeev Dom of Bahishkrit Hitkari Sangathan began an indefinite fast on 7th October 2011, demanding pattas and possession of agricultural land for the landless in Parbatta,...

Advocacy Fellowship - Film Screening, Delhi

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Update - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011

As a follow-up to the national level deliberation...

Rural Herbal Practitioners Sammelan in Nayagarh, Odisha

Sancharr is organising a one day Gaon Baidya Sammelan on 25th October 2011 at the Loka Vichar Kendra resource centre in Phalpaju near...

Peaceful protest for land pattas in Parbatta, Bihar

Sanjeev Dom of Bahishkrit Hitkari Sangathan began an indefinite fast on 7th October, demanding pattas and possession of agricultural land for the landless in Parbatta, Bihar....

Deliberation on Land Issues with a focus on LARR Bill 2011, Delhi

On 29 September 2011, SRUTI hosted a successful national level deliberation on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011. The discussions and...

SRUTI Meet 29-30 September 2011, Delhi

SRUTI (Society for Rural Urban & Tribal Initiative) is organising a 2 day meet on 29-30 September 2011 at the...

Disclosure of Local Area Development Fund utilisation, Delhi

As a result of repeated complaints, public hearings and follow-ups organized by Satark Nagrik Sangathan, New Delhi, in February 2011, the Central Information Commission, in two...