In June, around 10,000 tribals from Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh gathered at NMDC complex in Kirandul village. The state-owned miner was planning to develop a large mine. The Bailadila hills where mining was to take place also housed the local deity of these tribals. The tribals staged a peaceful protest for five days. In the end, the government gave in. This was a massive victory for the tribals

Nine months after violent clashes during a farmers' stir in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait organised a 75-hour long protest in the district and reasserted the demands of the cultivators. The main demands include sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni', withdrawal of legal cases registered against the farmers and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price. Details here.

Kisan Unions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand were to assemble in Chandigarh today, August 22, to hold a rally demanding compensation for losses suffered during the recent floods. However, they were stopped and some farmers were detained.

Kisan Unions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand were to assemble in Chandigarh today, August 22, to hold a rally demanding compensation for losses suffered during the recent floods. However, they were stopped and some farmers were detained.

Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan in Madhya Pradesh led a protest by tribal farmers in Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh. The protesters gheraoed the District Magistrate’s office, demanding compensation for their crops destroyed due to drought-like conditions.

In Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, hundreds of villagers displaced by the construction of Kharak dam continue to demonstrate outside the District Collectorate’s office. They demand compensation for the loss of their lands in adherence to the Supreme Court order of 2017. Details here

Students’ organisations in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad University have been up in arms ever since the institute’s administration announced a hike in fees last month. With the administration not compromising its stance on the rationale behind the fees hike, the protests against the decision are escalating with every passing day. Leaders from the opposition parties in the state have also expressed their support for the students. Here’s all that has happened in the story so far.

Protesting against the insufficient allocation of funds for the rural employment guarantee scheme, as many as 500 daily wage workers from 15 states have gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. The protesters also demand an increase in the number of working days in the wake of diminishing employment opportunities and rising inflation. Details here.

Hundreds of anganwadi workers protested in Delhi for 38 days and called it off when the Delhi government invoked the law refraining protests for the workers occupied in essential services. Upon returning to their centres, about 500 workers found that they had been fired. The anganwadi workers have now moved Delhi High Court against the state government's termination of their services. Details here.