Twenty-two villages around the proposed site for the 9900mw Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) on Monday decided to boycott all educational institutes in the area for the next two days as a form of protest against the state’s propaganda in favour of the project. The villagers allege that the Ratnagiri district administration is forcing teachers from Zilla Parishad (ZP) schools to promote the JNPP by visiting the home of every student. “The...
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An unending money illusion
The Union government recently indexed the wages of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to the consumer price index for agricultural labour (CPI-AL). The step, aimed at boosting the purchasing power of workers, came in the midst of a controversy over the government not linking wages under MGNREGS to the minimum wage under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The wage hike, ranging from 17-30%, is likely...
More »Jharkhand tribals protest against Maithan power project
About 5,000 tribal villagers agitated against the Maithan Power Limited here today. According to the tribals, Tata Power purchased 1,200 acres land from 1,600 families for the project, a joint venture between Tata Power and Damodar Valley Corporation. They maintained they were promised jobs for every family in lieu of the land they gave up, but no jobs have been provided so far. "Till now, 90 percent of the work has been completed,...
More »Madhya Pradesh plans 50,000 jobs for tribals
About 50,000 tribal youths will be provided jobs in Madhya Pradesh during the next three years, Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said Wednesday. The minister said this during a departmental officers meeting. According to the 2001 census, there are 12.23 million tribals in the state. They constitute 20.27 percent of the total state population of 60.38 million. There are 46 recognized Scheduled Tribes in the state and three of them were identified...
More »100 days on, development a non-starter in UID’s first stop by Santosh Andhale
Nearly 100 days after the nondescript Tembhali in Nandurbar district was swamped with promises of development, nothing has changed for the better in the tribal village. For over a week in September, the tribal village basked in public and official attention. Prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi landed to launch the ambitious Unique Identity (UID) card — Aadhaar — project amid great fanfare. Great promises to improve the...
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