Question
Download Solution PDFWhich organization focused on people's control over land and forests as a livelihood resource, and organized the Padayatra under the banner mandate in 2007 and Jan Satyagrah in 2012?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe Correct Answer is Ekta Parisad.
Key Points
- The Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples' movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor.
- In 2007, under the leadership of Ekta Parishad, 25000 landless poor marched to Delhi and negotiated for the 'Forest Rights Act'.
Additional Information
- LAFTI stands for Land for the Tillers' Freedom.
- LAFTI's purpose was to bring the landlords and landless poor to the negotiating table, obtain loans to enable the landless to buy land at a reasonable price, and then to help them work it cooperatively so that the loans could be repaid.
- It was founded by Krishnammal Jagannathan in 1981.
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