Jul 10, 2003 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations
It had come to the notice of PUDR, Delhi that in Haryana a large number of farmers, mostly supporters or members of the Bharatiya Kishan Union (BKU), are being arrested under section 124-A of the IPC. Section 124-A deals with sedition, with attempts to overthrow the...
Nov 22, 2000 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This report presents a critique of the Supreme Court judgment on the Narmada dam. The people’s struggle against the Sardar Sarovar dam began in 1980 with Nimad Bachao Andolan. This was joined by other organizations and subsequently led to the formation of the...
May 22, 1997 | Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement
In August 1995, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) and the Government of Orissa for the setting up of a steel plant and township, near the well-known Gopalpur beach and port, in Chhatarpur and Berhampur blocks of...
Apr 22, 1990 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The Report traces the complex and unjust geo-political and social practices leading to an agrarian crisis in Palamu. Palamu is part of South Bihar Plateau and has the lowest population density in Bihar of 1989. There is abject shortage of water as natural water...
Jul 16, 1989 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
रिपोर्ट नैनीताल जिले में नवम्बर 1988 में ज़मीन को लेकर उपजे विवाद और संघर्ष को पिछले दशकों में सरकारी नीतियों के तहत भूमि आवंटन में हुए अन्यायों और धांधलियों के संदर्भ में सामने रखती है| यह ज़मीन विभाजन से प्रभावित शरणार्थियों और स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों को विभिन्न सरकारी...
Aug 15, 1988 | Adivasis, Peasants, Land Rights and Displacement, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
The agitation by farmers in Baliapal and Bhograi blocks in Balasore district in Orissa against establishment of a missile test range, the National Test Range (NTR) prompted PUDR to undertake a fact finding. This report published in 1988, and examining the protest of...
