Why this Maharashtra village is fighting for the long forgotten Gramdan Act?
Dec 2022, Mendha (Lekha), a village deep inside the forest area of Gadchiroli, moved the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC for implementing Gramdan, a historic act born out of a movement by Vinoba Bhave
देसी सब्जियों का जैविक बाजार (In Hindi)
जैविक बाजार में शहरी उपभोक्ताओं को देसी व ताज़ी सब्जियां व अनाज मिल रहा है और किसानों को उनके उत्पादों के उचित दाम मिल रहे हैं।
India’s 1st CFR village moves HC for ‘gramdan’ status
A 100% of the landowners in the village surrendered their ownership and the whole village land came under gramdan.
लोकशाही की नींव की लडाई (in Hindi)
ग्रामसभा याने गांव का विधिमंडल. और वयम् वाले कहते हैं ऐसा सचमुच हो सकता है.
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Reimagining Wellbeing: Villages opening spaces for Self-Governance
resisting mining ... and moving towards social, political, economic and ecological transformation
160 women from a tiny village called Rahu in Melghat get Rs 10000 as share of profit through bamboo harvest
The Gram Sabha values the forests and knows the outcomes of protecting and nurturing it
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Day-to-day decisions, including crucial ones that impact a large number of people, are predominantly taken by elected politicians and the bureaucracy serving them.