Asha Parivar Campaigns: Employment Guarantee Act
After the passage of the Employment Guarantee Act last year a journalist went to the village Purwa Maan in Hardoi district of UP, one of the 200 districts covered under the Act, to ask how the villagers felt about the new law. Most villagers, except for a few associated with social or political organisations, were not aware of the passage of the new law.
Challenges in Implementation of the NREG Scheme
Report of a research study on implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Bharawan block of Hardoi district, U.P. This study was conducted by Indian Institute of Rural management student Mr. Samar Singh over a period of few months in summer of 2006. The report details the findings on level of awareness among the villagers and additional problems in implemetation. It concludes with comments on the cost of the NREGA program.
Hunger Strike in Sandila Called Off
The 2 day old hunger strike has now been called off after the district officials started processes to meet some of the demands of the local communities.
Hunger Strike in UP to protest Corruption
Villagers of Hardoi District who have been staging a sit-in at Sandila since February 7th, 2006 have decided to now convert it into a hunger strike.
Right to Employment Yatra in U. P.
A dharna has been going on to press for rights of workers to employment, pending food grains as part of PDS, possession of people holding genuine land titles but denied of land rights, income-expenditure details under RTI Act. to ask how the villagers felt So far, except for showing some progress on getting possession to people holding land titles and getting illegal possessions vacated, the local SDM has not intervened in other matters; Feb 2006In the last couple of weeks, the Rozgar Adhikar Yatra travelled through Bihar and U. P., using public debates and conversations with various sections of our communities to discuss the need for minimum wage employment programs for the economic sustenance of India.
Dharna for Demanding Employment , improvement in PDS and other matters; Feb 2006
Exciting news has been trickling in from various places. For instance, in Hardoi activists from Asha Ashram had been demanding work but to no avail. Fed up of government inaction, local residents took a collective decision to initiate works in their area and demand payment from the government (see the letter to the District Magistrate, Hardoi pasted below).