Riots and violent incidents in North East Delhi resulted in the death of more than 50 people and around 253 people were injured. Violence was reported in the areas of Seelampur, Brahampuri, Jafrabad, Karawal Nagar, Maujpur, Kardampuri, Babarpur, Gokulpuri and Shivpuri. Several houses, vehicles, shops, places of worship, scrap market and even a petrol pump were vandalised.…
To, Date: 25/03/2020 Shri Narendra Modi Honorable Prime Minister Government of India New Delhi Subject: Urgent request to setup a Rs 1,00,000 Caror Covid-19 Crisis Fund for Informal Sector The informal sector is being worst hit by the drastic consequences of the COVID -19 pandemic. The informal sector workers constitute 93 % of the workforce…
As a field, development is fond of linear approaches to problem solving. But not every social challenge can be codified into incremental, quantifiable goals, as those of us working on rights and justice issues know only too well. Part of the problem is that rights-based issues are “wicked”—that is, they are extremely complex, and their…
Nidan is distressed to see the upcoming economic and social challenges and drastic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the informal sector workers such as Safai Sathis, waste picker workers, domestic workers, daily wage workers, construction workers, street vendors, rickshaw workers, auto rickshaw workers, home based workers etc. These people need immediate help and materials…
When Arbind Singh was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year for 2008 in India, one of the award’s sponsors described Singh’s non-government organization (NGO), Nidan, as “[building] profitable businesses and people’s organizations led by assetless, informal workers.” “Social entrepreneurs embody excellence in creating disruptive technologies and ideas that empower the poor or the marginalized,” said…