THE CASE OF KATHPUTLI COLONY In 2007‚ the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) began planning for Delhi’s first in-situ slum rehabilitation project. It chose the Kathputli Colony (Kathputli)‚ a jhuggi jhopri (JJ) cluster tucked into West Delhi’s Shadipur region‚ as the site for this project. In 2009‚ Raheja—the private developers chosen to undertake the project—announced the construction
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In the country there are officially classified 85 million as “scheduled tribes” those are mainly live in hills and forest areas of north-eastern region as well as central region of the India. In north-east area have small tribe’s population (16 million). While major tribes population (70million) live in the central region of India. In this paper “Ramachandra Guha” mainly focus on the central region tribal. Because central region tribal are more deprived as compare to north-east regions tribal. And
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Taboo (Dalit) has endured in India since various eras. Harijans (individuals from an inherited Hindu gathering of the most reduced social and custom status) were separated publicly and be subject to the group offense of Untouchability and social abuses by caste Hindus under Brahmanical request after execution of The Manusmṛti. The issue of Untouchability is a genuine social ailment in the Indian culture. The thought of contamination‚ pollution‚ and painting has brought about the most noticeably
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CONTRIBUTION OF MEDHA PATKAR TO THE INDIAN SOCIETY Medha Patkar was born on December 1‚ 1954 in Bombay to socially active parents. Her father Vasant Khanolkar was a well known freedom fighter and trade unionist while her mother‚ Indu Khanolkar‚ runs a women’s organization‚ Swadhar. Coming from such a family background‚ she grew up to be highly motivated‚ exceptionally brave and unafraid to speak out for social causes. Her ideological orientation to values of equity‚ justice and democratic socialism
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COMMUNITY HEALTH INSURANCE IN INDIA – A STRATEGY TO COVER THE INFORMAL SECTOR Dr. N. Devadasan Research Fellow Institute of Tropical Medicine‚ Antwerp AMCHSS‚ SCTIMST – Trivandrum. Correspondence: C/o The Valley School Thatguni Post (Kanakapura Road) Bangalore – 560062 Tel +91 94484 91355 deva@devadasan.com Overview of health insurance in India Health care in India is financed traditionally from two sources. The government is both the funder and the provider of health care and has a wide
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RADICAL SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL WORK SEMINAR PAPER SUBMITTED BY SANDEEP CHAURASIA BASW FINAL YEAR STUDENT ROLL NO. 07 AT SCHOOL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES TULJAPUR‚ OSMANABAD RADICAL SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL ACTION ABSTRACT “There are no rules for revolution any more than there are rules for love or rules for happiness‚ but there are rules for radicals who want to change their world”………… Saul D. Alinsky‚ 1971. Above statement has the key to change
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plantation are unable to leave so several hundreds of them died of starvation. Children ages between 11-17 years are dropped out of the school due to low income in their families and started working in tea plantation. These children from tea families (Adivasi) in India are discriminated to go to the governmental school that separates them from the rest of the population. This also causes language barrier and led them to work in tea plantation. The gender discrimination is the big problem in which men get
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Preamble: For decades‚ they were largely ignored and forgotten‚ but together they probably comprise the world‟s largest group of vulnerable people. Currently‚ there are an estimated 30 million of them in at least 50 countries living amidst war and persecution. They have little legal or physical protection and a very uncertain future – outcasts in their own countries. Bureaucratically‚ they are described as IDPs – or „internally displaced persons.‟ In the real world‚ they are civilians‚ mostly women
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Rs 4‚000 cr stuck in Lavasa Jan 18 2011 ‚ Pune Ministry says city project is unauthorised‚ but offers to consider it on merits The ministry of environment and forests on Tuesday ordered Lavasa Lake City project near Pune‚ undertaken by HCC‚ to maintain status quo‚ saying it was unauthorised as it had violated green laws. However‚ the ministry said it was prepared to consider the project on merits subject to imposition of penalties‚ creation of an environmental restoration fund and formulation
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(Q.) What is Devsari or Dand? (1 Mark) (Ans) Devsari or Dand was a small token fee paid by people of other villages bordering thevillages of Bastar. It was charged when someone from the other village wanted to have some forest products fromBastar. (Q.)How did the forest laws initiate the scope of employment? (1 Mark) (Ans) Many communities left their traditional occupation and started trading of forest products or other economic activities. For example‚ the Mundurucu people in Brazil who started
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