Old Corruption
7 widows from one village still don’t receive their pensions
Seven widows, all hailing from a village in Jharkhand called Kanke, have not received their Widow Pension for years. Despite representations to the Block Development Officer in charge of their village. Hear Sameda Khatun’s sad story. She was widowed at the young age of 32 in 2003. Fortunately her son...
A widow cheated by villagers of her compensations
The marginalised and tribal people in rural India, women in particular, are largely unaware of their rights and entitlements under various state and national schemes. The primary reasons for this are the lack of education, awareness of schemes and guidance to help them claim their rights. Under such circumstances, the knowledgeable...
Farmers wins Land Rights after Three Years of Struggle
Three years back in 2013, tribal farmers of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh had unlawfully lost their lands to a local sponge iron manufacturing factory, Navdurga Pvt. Ltd. The 14 acres worth agricultural land of three farmers was illegally acquired by local land dealers, without informing them their rights under the Forest Rights...
Pregnant woman forced to pay money in Primary health centre
The staff of a Community Health Centre of Takhatpur village in Madhya Pradesh, have demanded cash from a pregnant woman before providing her with services. The driver charged Rs. 100 to get her to the hospital and the Auxillary Nurse Midwife (ANM) charged her Rs. 300 for delivering the baby...
Ramzan Ansari has no place under the Prime Minister’s Rural Housing Scheme
Imagine living in a house with its’ tile roof all caved in, hardly any shelter from the seasons or the wild animals outside. Come rains, the floors of your house get flooded in rainwaters till knees and your children run to you scared every night it rains. This is the...
Widowed since three years, Harassed by Village Head since three months
What is the importance of Rs 400 to our daily lives in urban cities? A 3g recharge for our phone, a meal at a restaurant (for one) or 16 pieces of Ferrero Rocher chocolates. But in the hinterlands of Jharkhand, Rs 400 means a person’s entire survival for a month. And...
Rural women left behind as village benefits from Ujvala Yojana | Guddi reports for IndiaUnheard
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana aims at providing 5 Crore cooking gas (LPG) connections in the name of women for Below Poverty Line households across the country. But in Koili village of Sitamari District of Bihar, five to seven women are still waiting for their connections. They had filled applications for...
Rural poor forced to pay bribe to get houses under Indra Awas Yojna
A woman is living in distress having paid in advance for a house that she never got, reports Community Correspondent Suriya Banu who highlights the living conditions of similar families. Twelve families have applied twice for houses under Indra Gandhi Awas Yojna but are still waiting for the security of...