Statement

16 July 2004

"We urge the UPA government to immediately enact a National Employment Guarantee Act, as promised in the Common Minimum Programme. To foster public involvement in the formulation of this crucial legislation we invite wide discussion of the enclosed draft Act."

Endorsed by:

A.B. Bardhan (Communist Party of India)
Aanchal Kapur (KRITI team)
Abhijit Das (Healthwatch UP and Bihar)
Alok Agarwal (Narmada Bachao Andolan)
Ambarish Rai (National Alliance for the Fundamental Right to Education)
Amjad Hassam (MAMU, Delhi)
Anuradha Talwar (Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity)
Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
Asha Ramesh (women's rights activist)
Ashok Bharti (National Conference of Dalit Organisations)
Baba Adhav (Asanghatit Kastakari Sangharsh Samiti)
Bela Bhatia (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies)
Bharat Dogra (journalist)
Bhausaheb Shinde (Shetkari Shetmazoor Panchayat)
Carol Geeta (Sasvika Sangatan)
C.R. Neelakandan
Chittaroopa Palit (Narmada Bachao Andolan)
Geetha (Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat Sangam, Tamil Nadu)
Ginny Shrivastava (Astha, Udaipur)
Hari Singh Savita (Uttar Pradesh Gramin Mazdoor Sanghatan)
Harsh Mander
Himanshu Thakkar (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People)
Jayati Ghosh (Jawharlal Nehru University)
Jean Dreze (G.B. Pant Social Science Institute)
J.M. Kaul (GLF)
Joe Athialy (The People's Movement)
J.S. Walia (Abhavgrasth Gramin Shram Sangathan)
Kamayani Swami (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
Kavita Srivastava (People's Union for Civil Liberties)
Khem Raj (Khetihar Khan Mazdoor Sangathana, Chittorgarh)
Krishna Majumdar (National Federation of Indian Women)
Loganathan (Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers Movement)
Madhuri Krishnaswamy (Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan)
Maju Varghese (Initiative, Mumbai)
Manas Ranjan (Akal Sangharsh Samiti, Rajasthan)
Medha Patkar (National Alliance of People's Movements)
Mukta Srivastava (Initiative, Mumbai)
Narendra Gupta (Khetihar Khan Mazdoor Sangathana, Chittorgarh)
Naresh Sharma (Department of Economics, University of Hyderabad)
Nikhil Dey (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
Paul Divakar (National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights)
Pradeep Bhargava (Jaipur Institute of Development Studies)
Praful Bidwai (columnist)
Prakash Louis (Indian Social Institute)
Prakash Kardaley
Prakash Shinde (SSMP)
Rajendra Ravi (National Alliance of People's Movements)
Rajni Bakshi (writer)
Rajni Tilak (National Conference of Dalit Organisations)
Ramesh Tripathy (Indian National Building Construction Workers' Federation)
R.H. Pandey (ERCCMU/IFBWW)
Rooprekha Verma (Lucknow University)
S.K. Jain (ILO, retired)
S.R. Sankaran (IAS, retired)
R.H. Pandey (ERCCMU/IFBWW)
Sandeep Pandey (National Alliance of People's Movements)
Sanjay M.G. (NAPM and Samajwadi Jan Parishad)
T.S. Shankaran (Ex Ad. Labour Secretary, GoI)
Shashwat Saraf (Aarthik Anusandhan Kendra, Mirzapur)
Shiraz Balsara (Kashtkari Sangathan)
Smita Gupta (Institute for Human Development)
Sowmya Kidambi (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
Subhash Bhatnagar (National Campaign Committee for Unorganized Sector Workers)
Subhash Lomte (National Campaign Committee for Rural Workers)
Suman Sahai (Gene Campaign)
Surendra Mohan (Hind Khet Majdoor Sabha)
T.M. Chandran (Unorganised Workers Federation, Tamil Nadu)
Thoraya
Trilochan Sastry
Tularam Sharma (Uttar Pradesh Gramin Mazdoor Sangathan)
V.B. Athreya (Department of Economics, Bharathidasan University)
V.S. Vyas (Professor Emeritus, Jaipur Institute of Development Studies)
Vandana Prasad (Jan Swasthya Abhiyan)
Vijay Pratap (Lokayan)
Vipul Pandya (Gen Sec, BMS, Gujarat)
Yogendra Yadav (Lokniti)

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