Articles for Dalit Families

Man converts 230 Dalit families to Christianity in UP, arrested
1 year, 5 months ago

Man converts 230 Dalit families to Christianity in UP, arrested

Hindustan Times  

Police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly converted 230 Dalit families to Christianity promising to cure their members suffering from any ailment. Accused Bajrang Rawat, a Christian from Lucknow, was living on the railway land falling under the Lonikatra police station limits here for the last one year, Additional Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Narayan Singh said. Hindustani has accused …

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Anti-Sarfaesi protest gathers fresh momentum in Ernakulam district
1 year, 11 months ago

Anti-Sarfaesi protest gathers fresh momentum in Ernakulam district

The Hindu  

The protest against the allegedly unfair victimisation of loanees, predominantly belonging to poor and marginalised sections, by banks invoking the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act has gathered fresh momentum in Ernakulam district with the auctioning of pledged properties on the rise. The number of affected families approaching the venue of an indefinite strike …

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Dalit Bandhu: Officials filter out beneficiaries
2 years, 9 months ago

Dalit Bandhu: Officials filter out beneficiaries

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: All Dalit families in Chintakani mandal may not get the benefit of the Dalit Bandhu scheme, as a special team has imposed certain conditions to filter out many families. There were stated to be 5,102 Dalit families in Chintakani mandal and the figure has come down to 4,719 after the first round of survey, sources said. There are 26-gram …

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TRS faces Dalit Bandhu rush
2 years, 11 months ago

TRS faces Dalit Bandhu rush

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ministers and TRS MLAs are said to be facing an uphill task in selecting 100 beneficiaries for Dalit Bandhu in their constituencies within the next 10 days. In the 16 non-TRS constituencies, TRS leaders are trying to secure Dalit Bandhu for their supporters with the help of district in-charge ministers. Party sources said ministers and TRS MLAs are also …

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In Maharashtra's villages, Dalit families' decades-long battle to reclaim rightful watan lands
4 years, 9 months ago

In Maharashtra's villages, Dalit families' decades-long battle to reclaim rightful watan lands

Firstpost  

The Bombay Inferior Village Watans Abolition Act, 1958 aimed to protect Dalits’ access to land. “Ownership of this land would benefit lakhs of Dalit families.” *** Dwarkabai remembers how, as a young girl, she’d frequent the village watan land. “We grew enough to last us the whole year.” Her family’s land is part of a single plot of 660 acres …

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Dalit Sikhs in Punjab unite to press NOTA in final phase of Lok Sabha election, say community has lost faith in govts
5 years, 7 months ago

Dalit Sikhs in Punjab unite to press NOTA in final phase of Lok Sabha election, say community has lost faith in govts

Firstpost  

Landless Dalit labourers in Punjab’s Malwa region have decided to press the NOTA button when the 13 constituencies of Punjab go to polls on 19 May to protest against the failure of successive governments to ensure proper implementation of the Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1964 Chandigarh/Sangrur: Landless Dalit labourers in Punjab, say, they are done waiting for what’s rightfully …

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Why Dalit Sikhs of Punjab's Bathinda are nonchalant towards elections, debate around caste, quota and development
5 years, 10 months ago

Why Dalit Sikhs of Punjab's Bathinda are nonchalant towards elections, debate around caste, quota and development

Firstpost  

A visit to the town reveals that the Dalits in Bathinda have not benefited from the Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1964, where one-third of public agricultural land and cultivable common land in each village is reserved for SCs Editor’s note: A network of 60 reporters set off across India to test the idea of development as it is experienced …

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