NEWS & EVENTS

28th February, 2017, Join Us In Araria Massive protest aganist killings in Raharia and public hearing on Police Accountability


Kamayani Swami, ex General Secretary of JJSS has been nominated to the Central Employment Guarantee Council


2014 Updates - Read About the Activities of JJSS in 2014. Abbki Baar Humara Adhikar, May Day 2014, Cycle Yatras...

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25th November 2013 - Pension Parishad one month sit-in to start in Jantar Mantar, Delhi.

The elderly from across the country have been assembling at Jantar Mantar during every parliament session since April 2012 to demand universal pension that would enable the elderly in our country to live with dignity.

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November 2013 – Kam Maango Abhiyan in Katihar district as part of the initiative of the PAG (Programme Advisory Group), set up by the Central Government

The PAG has been set up to revive the NREGA across the country, Ashish and kamayani (of the JJSS) are part of National Resource Groups created as part of the PAG.


November-December 2013: Social Audit of Mid Day Meal scheme in Bihar

An initiative of the Central Government and SSAT (AP) of which JJSS is one of the support organisations in Bihar.


2nd February, 2014 – Nation wide mobilisation of the Rashtriya Mazdoor Adhikar Morcha, in Delhi on the poor state of NREGA

The Morcha was formed after the first national convention of the Rozgar Guarantee Sangharsh manch in Bhopal from 18-20th September, 2013. JJSS has been active int he formation of the Manch and hopes that it will be able to build workers’ representatives to take up their own issues


 

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NREGA/PRESS

See the "Activities" section of the website to know how JJSS is working on effective implementation of NREGA in Bihar. Here we list writings of JJSS members and Media Coverage of JJSS's activities.

 

  • Niraj Sahai, The New Indian Express, "The floods Nobody is Talking About", September 9, 2017
  • Satyavrat Mishra, Bihar Cancels 60% MNREGS Job Cards, Business Standard, May 28, 2014
  • Jitendra Choubey, Last Ditch Attempt, Down To Earth, January 31, 2014
  • Jitendra Choubey, Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA, Down To Earth, Nov. 28, 2013
  • Alok Gupta, Bihar Govt. Rolls Back Cut in MNREGA minimum wage, Down To Earth, July 11, 2013
  • Pranav Kr. Chaudhary, Demand to rollback NREGA wage cut in Bihar, The Times of India, May 2, 2013
  • Jitendra Choubey, Bihar in Reverge Gear, Down To Earth, March 31st, 2013
  • Sreelatha Menon, A rural wageless job scheme, Business standard,March 19th, 2013
  • Alok Gupta, MGNREGA fund scan in Bihar could have been preveneted, Down To Earth, December 11, 2012
  • Shoumojit Bannerji(2010),   "Dreze: Bihar a dismal laggard in MGREGS", Hindu, April 23, 2010
  • Shoumojit Bannerji (2010),"Women MNREGA workers denied their due in Katihar", Hindu, March 22, 2010 
  • Shoumojit Bannerji (2010), "A dreary wage-wait for MGREGS workers in Katihar", Hindu, February 14, 2010
  • Simon Cox, "Bihar has blossomed under Nitish Kumar. But his reforms need deeper roots", The Economist, January 28th, 2010
  • Shoumojit Bannerji, "Social Auditing in reveals Jamua's dismal shown in MNREGS", Hindu, January 3
  •  Kamayani Swami (2009), "All is not well with the wells", Frontline Volume 26 - Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16, 2009

  •  Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera in collaboration with survey coordinators: Anish Vanaik, Ashish Ranjan, Kamayani Swami, Kartika Bhatia, Karuna Muthiah, Nandini Nayak, Navjyoti, Noor Zaheer, Siddhartha, Sunil Kumar and Zia Khan (2009),"The battle for employment gurantee", Frontline, Volume 26 - Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16
  •  Ashish Ranjan and Kartika Bhatia (2009), "Alternative to migration", Frontline Volume 26 - Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16, 2009

 

  • Ashish Ranjan (2009),"Broken Promises", Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 10, March 14
  • Kamayani Swami and Ali Mir (2005), "Theatre of the absurd", Outlook India, March 21