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  • नरेगा संघर्ष मोर्चा नरेगा मज़दूरी दर निर्धारण के लिए गठित नागेश सिंह कमिटी की अनुशंसा की कड़ी निंदा करता है

    by admin, 9 October 2017

    चूंकि कई बार मांगने पर भी ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय ने राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोज़गार गारंटी कानून (नरेगा) मज़दूरी दर के निर्धारण के लिए गठित नागेश सिंह कमिटी की अंतिम अनुशंसाओं को सार्वजनिक नहीं किया है, नरेगा संघर्ष मोर्चा इस कमिटी की ड्राफ़्ट अनुशंसाओं पर ही अपनी टिप्पणी दे रहा है. मोर्चा इन अनुशंसाओं की कड़ी निंदा करता है चूंकि कमिटी के अनुसार नरेगा मजदूरों को न्यूनतम खेतिहर मज़दूरी देने के लिए कोई सम्मोहक तर्क नहीं है. ऐसी राय देकर यह कमिटी 2009 में शुरू हुए न्यूनतम मज़दूरी कानून 1948 के हनन को जारी रख रही है जब सरकार ने नरेगा को न्यूनतम मज़दूरी से अलग कर दिया था.

  • India: NREGA Sangharsh Morcha strongly condemns recommendation of Nagesh Singh Committee on NREGA wage revision

    9 October 2017

    On 13 October 2017, in a meeting with Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development and other officials from the Ministry, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha strongly objected to the recommendations of the Nagesh Singh (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development) Committee on the question of minimum wages and indexing to inflation in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The Secretary defended the recommendations of the committee on the grounds that NREGA wages can be less than the State Minimum wage due to Section 6(1) of the employment guarantee act according to which “notwithstanding anything contained in the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Central Government may, by notification, specify the wage rate for the purpose of this Act”. He promised to send the report to the Morcha, so that it could properly respond. Unfortunately, despite repeated requests, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha has not received the report. The Morcha is therefore issuing this statement on the truncated draft report that it has been able to obtain.

  • India: Porbandar Declaration from fishworker unions and solidarity groups in support of traditional, small scale fishing on the coast of Gujarat

    9 October 2017

    We, the undersigned, are members of various districts, state and national level fishworker unions and solidarity groups who represent and support the traditional, small scale fishing community of the state of Gujarat.

  • India: Hindutva Ideology and The Drive To Fix History Textbooks in Uttar Pradesh

    8 October 2017

    A committee of historians has been tasked to rewrite history in textbooks for students in Uttar Pradesh. It is likely to present Mughal emperors Babar and Aurangzeb as plunderers.

  • 70 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?

    by Rahila Gupta, 8 October 2017

    Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar’s brave new documentary, Azmaish, looks at retreats from liberal democracy on both sides of the border.

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