By Stan Swamy What is it that keeps a people alive and well? It is not just the fulfilment of their material needs. But the source from which they fulfil their needs is as important. The age-old source of physical sustenance has been their land (jal, jangal, jamin). This land has also been the spring [...]
By Jyoti Sonia Dhan One would have heard about the recent news about Arcelor Mittal one of the leading industrialists who have proposed the site of Torpa Block of Ranchi in Jharkhand for steel plant with capacity of 12 million tones per annum proposing 12000 acres of land. And thereby protest from leading activist Dayamani [...]
The “Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy“ of Jharkhand govt is unacceptable. It is too little, too late. A just and meaningful policy should contain the following elements. 1.Adivasi People should no more be displaced. 30% of them have already been displaced and 41% of their land has already been alienated from them. Only 25% of them [...]
Privatisation, free trade and market forces . . . the rich world insists poor states play by our rules. But they don’t work. Time to let countries determine their own destinies? The global food price crisis is exposing frightening levels of vulnerability in poor nations around the world. Yet these are countries into which the [...]
