SIPCOT Industrial Park Protesters Harassed
Twenty-one people were arrested on November 3/4th, and 20 were detained in Violation of due process of arrest[1]. They were taken to different police stations and detained at Vellore Central…
Land Rights
Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee stages protest of Dalit agricultural labour outside BDO office at Sherpur town in Punjab
The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh committee staged an impressive blockade outside the office of the Block Development Officer at Sherpur town, in Sangrur.It was preceded by a rally staged from the…
Auctions of Reserved Panchayat Land for agricultural dalit labour scrapped in 11 Sangrur Villages
The auction of Common Panchayat land reserved for dalits was withdrawn by the administration in Balab Kalan village in Sangrur. The Dalits had raised a demand to obtain the land…
Adivasi pesants of Telangana led by GPS Conduct Dharna for land rights
High Court places restraints Instead Of Protecting People’s Rights Around 2000 rural poor, mostly adivasis, came from across Telangana to join a protest at the dharna chowk, Hyderabad on April…
Dalit-Adivasi in Uttar Pradesh and the question of land
According to the 2011 census, the total Scheduled Caste (Dalit) population in Uttar Pradesh is 4.13 crore, which is about 21% of the total population of Uttar Pradesh. According to…
Indigenous Land Grabbed For Solar Power Plant In Assam
Since March 2020, a struggle has been waged by Karbi and Adivasi farmers of Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Nagaon district of Assam against the forceful takeover of their lands…
Land May Be A Deeply Philosophical Issue But Must Face Practical Realities of This World
The more one thinks about it, the stronger appears the case for distribution of land based on equality, justice and actual need. Tolstoy, one of the greatest philosophers but by…
Land to the tillers for genuine food system change
The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)'s observance of 29 March as "Land of the Landless: Land to the Tillers", reminds us of the words of Mahatma Gandhi: "In reality, the toilers…
Land Rights And Ending Hunger
In Conversation with Michael Taylor, Director, Global Secretariat, International Land Coalition, Rome Michael Taylor is the Director of the global secretariat of the International Land Coalition (ILC). ILC is hosted…
Land To The Tiller: Revisiting The Unfinished Land Reforms Agenda
ActionAid India has recently come up with a report on the issues of Land Rights in India. Land, forest and water being three major issues for the larger part of…
The Global Farm Land Grab In 2016: How Big, How Bad?
by GRAIN Staff In October 2008, GRAIN published a report called “Seized: the 2008 land grab for food and financial security”. It exposed how a new wave of land grabbing…
Peasants Battle Cry For Land In Punjab
An Investigation into Police and Land-lord Repression on Land Struggle of Dalit Peasants in Villages of Sangrur District of Indian Punjab By Janhastakshep
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