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Bezwada Wilson (born 1966) is an Indian activist and one of the founders and National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), an Indian human rights organization that has been campaigning for the eradication of manual scavenging, the construction, operation and employment of manual scavengers which has been illegal in India since 1993. [1]
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) is currently a temporary non-statutory body [1] that investigates the conditions of Safai Karamcharis (waste collectors) in India and makes recommendations to the Government of India . NCSK was constituted 12 August 1994 as a statutory body for a three-year period under the NCSK ACT, 1993.
Etymology The word "Jhar" means 'forest' and "Khand" means 'land' in various Indo-Aryan languages. Thus "Jharkhand" means forest land. In the ancient period, in the Mahabharata, the region was referred as Kark Khand due to location near Kark Rekha, that is, Tropic of Cancer. During the Medieval period, the region was known as Jharkhand. According to Bhavishya Purana (1200 CE), Jharkhand was ...
National Alliance of People's Movements is an alliance of alter-globalisation activist groups in India. [1] [2] It is an umbrella organisation for various civil society organisations and individuals working towards similar goals. It has led protests on various issues opposing globalization, nuclear energy, and protests supporting electoral reforms.
Jharkhand implemented the vehicle registration software and license software prior to February 2007 in 12 districts including 18 district transport offices and four regional transport offices, helping collect of tax, register vehicles, issue driver and driving school licenses, record the fitness of vehicles, and issue Smart Cards. The Smart ...
This is a list of ministers from Second Hemant Soren cabinet starting from December 2019. [1] Hemant Soren [2] is the leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, who was sworn in the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 29 December 2019 ended on 31 January 2024 . In the current government, 6 ministers including the Chief Minister belongs to the Jharkhand Mukti ...
MNS Adhikrut. Politics of India. Political parties. Elections. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; abbr. MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of Hindutva and Marathi Manus. [12] [13] It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by ...
Karnataka Sakala Services Act. The Karnataka Sakala Services Act was passed in 2011 to provide guarantee of services to citizens in the Indian state of Karnataka with a stipulated time limiting to citizen related services. The act came to be known as the Sakala act since November 2012. Karnataka is the tenth state to incorporate an act under ...