-Press release by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International and 430 civil society and indigenous peoples organizations from 69 countries dated June 9, 2022 Reminding the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of its obligations to uphold human rights, 430 civil society and Indigenous peoples organizations from 69 countries across the globe today called on the FAO Council to rescind the agency’s partnership with CropLife International, the industry association representing the world’s largest...
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Forget minimum wages, MGNREGA workers not even receiving notified wages in many states
Every year in the month of either February or March, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announces the notified MGNREGA wage rates (i.e., notified daily wage rates for MGNREGA workers) for various states and Union Territories (UTs) for the upcoming financial year. The MGNREGA rates are notified every year based on the increase in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). Like the previous years, in 2021 too, experts and civil...
More »Supreme Court wants full respect for sex workers: counsel
-The Hindu Counsel clarifies apex court order does not recognise sex work as a ‘profession’ Tripti Tandon, advocate for the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee and Usha Cooperative, which are parties fighting for the rights of sex workers, stated on Thursday that a Supreme Court order on May 19 “does not recognise or have the effect of recognising sex work as a ‘profession’”. Ms. Tandon said the court's order “states that sex workers, who...
More »MGNREGA labourers deprived of rights: CITU
-The Tribune Hamirpur: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today alleged that the MGNREGA workers were being deprived of their legitimate wages and were fleeced by an undue assessment rule. Kashmir Singh Thakur, national secretary, CITU, said it was unfortunate that government officials were partial in the registration of labour class, adding that over 10,000 applications were pending in the state labour office, while many people, who were not even eligible...
More »Disha Encounter Case: Commission Says Cops' Version 'Concocted', Wants Murder Charges Against 10 Officers
-TheWire.in The panel has said, 'It was impossible for the deceased suspects to have snatched the weapons of the police and they could not have operated the firearms.' New Delhi: The Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the “encounter” killing of all the four suspects after the 2019 rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana has recommended that all the 10 police officers involved in the...
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