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This website focuses on issues regarding social protection in Asia and the activities done by the Network on Social Protection Rights (INSP!R) and its members. It is under the editorial oversight from the Asia Steering Committee, composed out of members from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia and Philippines. It is meant to foster dialogue and share experiences.
The articles describe challenges and achievements to improve the right to social protection to workers in the region, with a specific focus to gender, youth and informal workers.
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10 October 2014

AREDS: Demonstration for seeking the attention of the District Administration on the applications filed by the landless people for acquiring lands/panchamy lands

On behalf of Tamil Nadu Land Right Coalition – Tamil Nadu & Puduchery, the Karur district coordinator Mr. Karikalan took a move to retrieve panchamy lands in September 2014. He, along with landless dalit people, made a petition to the District Administration requesting the retrieval of panchamy lands, which were in the hands of non-dalit community people, and the distribution of panchamy lands to the deserving landless dalit people. According to the information sought through Right to Information Act, 484 acres of panchamy land are available in Karur district. Therefore, they demanded that, excepting the panchamy lands that were in the dalit people’s utility, the lands which were in the hands of caste Hindu people must be retrieved and redistributed to the landless dalit agricultural labourers. However, government took no steps to fulfill their demands.