Women Workers, Collective Action and the “Right to Work” in Madhya Pradesh

Chasing Rights in Delhi: Social Movements and the National Food Security Act

“…The 2000s saw the enactment of legislations related to civil, political, economic and social rights in India, that advocated a "rights-based approach" to development. Driven by social movements that emerged in the Indian context (Khera 2013;Nayak 2008Nayak , 2016Nayak , 2017Ruparelia 2013), legislations enacted from 2005-2013 in one way or another made a case for the extension and expansion of Constitutional Rights and in turn the idea of citizenship. Specifically, a Right to Information Act aimed at creating transparency in governance was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2005.…”