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Invitation to join Vikalp Sutra

Open to organisations, institutions, government agencies, businesses, support groups, networks, and individuals

People’s Parliament: Agrarian Crisis Deepened During COVID Pandemic

The house adopted a series of resolutions that will be tabled before parliamentarians in the run-up to the monsoon session

Janta Parliament: Resolutions Passed in Session on Environment, 18 August 2020

Over 30 resolutions relating to eight subjects passed at the Environment session

Tula: A Return to India’s Regenerative Cotton Roots

Tula has a policy of not exporting their fabric or clothing, despite many requests.

Press Release by Janta Parliament (जनता संसद) 18 Aug. 2020

Janta Parliament calls on urgent action for ecological security

How self-help groups in rural Odisha helped both farmers and consumers during lockdown

As the lockdown is relaxed, in Kalimela some seven or eight rickshaws still operate, showing the sustainability of the model.

Abolishing Handloom, Handicraft Boards during COVID-19 crisis is hasty move, reflecting govt’s neglect of sectors

The government should be supporting a traditional and informal sector that supports poorer sections across the country.

VSCG statement on CCFI advertorial, 3 Aug 2020

Re: Atrociously malicious and untruthful Advertorial published in the Business Standard on 29/7/2020

Reviving the Trinjan

An effort to empower rural women and reimagine their agency through revival of art and craft of weaving in Punjab