Despite the abolition of bonded labour in India, the practice of forced labour to repay loan is still prevalent in the country. *Karnataka has the highest number of recognised bonded labourers in India, showed data of Ministry of Labour and Employment. *Bonded labour is common in agricultural areas in the case of India, said International […]
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Farmers in Byadgi use democratic tools like protests, written request letters, peaceful agitations and slogans to help withdraw a project affecting more than 800 farmers. More than 800 farmers and their families in Byadgi in November 2022 woke up to an announcement stating their farmlands are going to be acquired by the government. Up to […]
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CMO of the hospital is exhausted as without enough staff, he has to fill in for everyone. About a year ago, Immam from Hiremannapur met with an accident while traveling with a friend on their way to the market in Kushtagi. He was rushed to the government hospital, only to find no doctors available to […]
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Shirahatti Taluk receives drinking water once every eight days for only about an hour. Geeta H Ratihalli has to walk for a kilometre with a cart carrying eight pots. Without water in those pots, she feels the weight is not much now, not yet anyway. She has to stand in the scorching sun and wait […]
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Mothers like Madhuri and Anusha believe that an English education will protect the future of their children. A quiet atmosphere outside the single-storey school was only broken by the occasional scratch of a pencil on paper. The sharp eyes of the teacher are quick to catch any wandering pair of eyes. She brings distracted students […]
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In Siruguppa there is a dearth of teachers. Students are unable to understand the subjects taught to them affecting their overall education. B Sunita Vani has been teaching science at the Government High School in Siruguppa for the last nine years. She sits on a chair while her students write a class test sitting down […]
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The last such policy was implemented in 2012. By Hamsaveni N The Karnataka Youth Policy 2022 (KYP-2022) remains on paper as the government lags in implementation of it. Youths suspect KYP to be a vote bank trick as assembly elections are due in May. After a long wait, Karnataka Youth Policy 2022 was approved. The […]
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Panchamasali Lingayats: No votes until reservation is promised By Anuja Parashar The Panchamasali Community has said that they will not cast votes for any political party in the upcoming elections until their demand of reservation gets fulfilled. H.M. Renuka Prasanna from All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha said, “The members of the community are disappointed with the […]
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People of rural Karnataka have no choice but to travel to courts in the city. The 15-year old Gram Nyayalaya Act remains on paper. There is not a single gram nyayalaya functioning in Karnataka. Several notifications have been issued by the Supreme Court and the High Court of Karnataka to the state government to establish […]
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The suicide rate among farmers has increased by 30 percent in 2022, compared to 2020. Unable to recover their invested money, or repay their loans, farmers in Karnataka continue to die by suicide. The increase in suicide among farmers within a span of two years is 30 percent. Madhe Gowda who is a farmer said […]
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