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Quest for Justice

Quest for Justice. Grass Root Experiments for Empowerment of People S.R.Hiremath. Azadi se Swaraj: My Journey towards self-rule. I. Preparation (1971 to1979) II. IDS - Rural Development (1979 to 1984) III. SPS – Quest for Justice (1984 to 1996)

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Quest for Justice

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  1. Quest for Justice Grass Root Experiments for Empowerment of People S.R.Hiremath

  2. Azadi se Swaraj:My Journey towards self-rule • I. Preparation (1971 to1979) • II. IDS - Rural Development (1979 to 1984) • III. SPS – Quest for Justice (1984 to 1996) • IV. Campaign for Self-Rule (1996 to Present)

  3. Phase I (1969 to1979)Preparatory work in the US • Influence of Dr. E.F. Schumacher and his book “Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered” • Service with FISA, ICA, and IDS/USA • Campaign against Emergency Rule in India – Indians For Democracy • Support of Indian community through IDS/USA and ICA for development project in India

  4. Phase II (1979 to 1984) IDS-India, Dharwad, Karnataka

  5. IDS-India, Dharwad • Integrated Rural Development work • Philosophy and principles of development • Community Self Help Groups • Democracy within IDS

  6. IDS-India Initiatives • Comprehensive ruralhealth project with Village Health Workers • Strengthening local shepherd community • Medleri Charkha (spinning wheel) • Federation of Voluntary Organizations for Rural Development

  7. IDS-India Initiatives • Women’s Dairy Project and Integrated Waste Land Development

  8. Phase III (1984 to 1996) Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) Environmental and Social Justice Campaigns and Movements

  9. Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) • Comprehensive approach to campaign and advocacy • Organizing of affected people and supporters • Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) • Scientific study of issues • Public Interest Litigation (PIL) • Media Campaign • Working with policy makers and officials

  10. Advocacy for alternate policies • National Forest Policy 1988 • Participatory Forest Management program 1990 • Alternate Draft Forest Bill 1994 • Alternate Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill2000

  11. Key SPS Initiatives • Campaign against pollution of Tungabhadra River 1984-1994 • Movement for protection of Common Lands: KPL and 75,000 acres of forest land – Kusnur Satyagraha, 1987 • People’s participation in social forestry issues

  12. Save the Western Ghats March (SWGM) • 35 core activists marched from KanyaKumari to Goa, November 1987 to Feb 1988 • Hundreds of thousands of participants along the way – A “Dandi March” to save a major ecological hot spot in the world • Paved the way fora new nationalforest policyreplacing the hundred year oldBritish policy

  13. Protection of Forests and Natural Resources • National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (1992) • Successful campaign to prevent Government’s move to give 2 million hectares of forest lands to paper and pulp industry • Implementation of National Forest Policy & Participatory Forest Management

  14. Phase IV (1996 to Present) • “Azaadi se Swaraj Campaign” • Focus on Community Control of Natural Resources “Jal, Jangal, Jameen, Khaneej” • Self rule: Empowerment of Gram Sabha and Panchayati Raj Institutions Women campaigning for Gram Swaraj through Gram Ganrajya Vedike

  15. Community Forest Management - Meeting to develop strategies • Malik Makbuja trees and tribal issue in Bastar region (PIL in Supreme Court) • Natural Resource Management, Livelihoods and advocacy for policy and legislation

  16. Implementation of RTI and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) • Bellary Mining and related issues - 2009

  17. Summary • Integrated rural development in Dharwad to improve people’s lives • Non-violent direct action to restore people’s right to natural resources and their environment • Protecting ecologically fragile areas and bringing about national policy changes • Advocacy, self-rule, and implemention of NREGA and RTI

  18. Thank you

  19. Conclusion • The challenge before us is to work toward a holistic development model which is environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically just. This will call for the development of systems of economic and social organization which are humane, equitable and sustainable, based on economics as if people and planet matter.

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