Vidya Viswanathan

Environmental Justice | Legal Empowerment | Access to Justice | Accountability | Governance |

[Vidya Viswanathan @VdyaViswanathan]

Read more on why #EIA2020 draft is so problematic, in this article by@guptadebayan1 @SampadaNayak2 @kushtanvani and myself on @GaonConnectionE.
@kanchikohli @CPR_India @iep_india @JamwalNidhi
https://t.co/AkmhbC7S55

[Sushmita @Sushmitav1]

I am shocked to hear of the passing of Dr. Sreedhar who led the Environics Trust. He worked earlier with the Geological Survey of India and Department of Atomic Energy- rare scientist who looked at earth with a nurturing lens, encompassing all fields.
https://t.co/W7V29R2FmT

[Vidya Viswanathan @VdyaViswanathan]

It was an honour to work with him on this bit! His vision about minerals as our collective commons was inspiring and the right way ahead!

[Aruna Chandrasekhar @aruna_sekhar]

Sreedhar was a geologist who used evidence to challenge indiscriminate mining and impacts especially on Dalits, Adivasis, women, workers and ecosystems.

“Minerals are a commons and a shared inheritance, states are mere custodians.”

https://t.co/JKAigkUIbk

[Vidya Viswanathan @VdyaViswanathan]

You inspired so many of us! I can’t still believe you have left us so soon. Social and environmental movements in India lost one of their most important voice today!

[Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment @lifeindia2016]

Dr Sreedhar: Environmentalist, crusader of the marginalized; from grassroot activism to policy making at the highest level; petitioner in innumerable cases is no more. The social and environmental justice movement today has lost its tireless crusader..

[Jan Sarokar - People's Agenda @jan_sarokar]

Watch the 4th session on Agriculture and Environment as part of the charcha series on the Union Budget ‘23-24 with @kiranvissa and @VdyaViswanathan

📺 watch on YouTube: https://t.co/CDlqi5MHxq

@rsv4farmers @mkssindia @saforumindia @VikalpSangam @JanAwaaz4

[Nikhil Dey @nikhilmkss]

राजस्थान #gigworkers और उनके साथियों को बधाई। वर्कर्स के रूप पहचान बनाकर, इनकी मांग - कानून के तहत सामाजिक सुरक्षा बोर्ड, और हर कार्य पर सामाजिक सुरक्षा लेवी लगाना था। @ashokgehlot51 सरकार ���ो सलाम। दुनिया भर में #gigworkers के संघर्षों में यह एक नींव का पत्थर स्थापित हो सकता है।

[Nikhil Dey @nikhilmkss]

#RajasthanBudget pension law: @ashokgehlot51 announces a minimum monthly social security pension of Rs 1000 with 15% annual incr . Contrast with the ridiculous sum of Rs 200 per month provided by @PMOIndia where the budget for India is less than #Rajasthan's, & frozen since 2007!

[Nikhil Dey @nikhilmkss]

Historic announcement in the #RajasthanBudget today for a pioneering law for the welfare & #SocialSecurity rights of #gigworkers & platform workers. A law, A tripartite board, & a transaction based levy for social security rights has been a demand of workers unions. A new vision!

[Nikhil Dey @nikhilmkss]

जवाबदेही कानून को लाने की तीसरी बार बजट घोषणा !!

@ashokgehlot51 ने कल अपने बजट भाषण में कहा

" राजस्थान गारंटीड सर्विस डिलीवरी एंड अकाउंटेबिलिटी बिल शीघ्र ही विधान सभा में पेश किया जाएगा"

@ashokgehlot51 जी
इस कानून का राजस्थान और देश की जनता बेसब्री से इंतजार कर रहे हैं !

[Nikhil Dey @nikhilmkss]

#RajasthanBudget2023 : Big breakthrough in social security #pensions in the country with an announcement of an "entitlement based social security law" in Raj. Minimum pension of Rs 1000 to the 90 lakh #SocialSecurity pensioners in the state AND a 15% automatic increase every year

[Giri Rao @ygirirao]

Did you know only 911 Community Forest Rights titles were distributed in 7 States between Jan 2022 and Nov 2022? @TribalAffairsIn @ncsthq @NITIAayog @MundaArjun @ForestRightsAct @ForestRights @GFC_forests @globalforests @aippnet

[Himanshu Upadhyaya @HimUpadhyaya]

Chapter 5 of recently tabled CAG Audit Report on Land Records Management tells a deadly story of Misuse of Login Credentials which resulted in Illegal Transfers of Government Land to Individuals
Conserve Anadheenam Land and Poramboke, Be Vigilant! https://t.co/DuuKAkigHd

[Himanshu Upadhyaya @HimUpadhyaya]

Recently tabled CAG Audit Report on Land Records Management in Tamil Nadu assessed:
1, the achievement of computerisation in ensuring a conclusive land-titling with title guarantee
2, the effective use of data by Revenue and Registration Depts
3, efficacy of the system in place.

[Julian Gough @juliangough]

Here’s the original 10,000 word piece that tells the whole story.

https://t.co/prS6sTb7pf

[Kalpana Viswanath @viswanathkv]

This is NFHS data - official data. Can we now stop the nonsense conversations about religion or live-in relationships. 1 in 3 Indian women has experienced violence from an intimate partner. This alone should provoke outrage .@htTweets

[APMDD India @apmdd_ind]

@AsianPeoplesMvt issued a statement to all governments at #COP27 and #G20Summit to deliver on climate and economic justice.
Click on the link
https://t.co/isISrQahxM

[Sreedhar Ramamurthi @environicsindia]

Join us in this launch event and subsequent actions

[Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky @RecourseTeam]

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at #COP27 #GenderDay talking about #MDB investments in capital markets for #climate solutions.

But how do we know @AIIB_Official funds do good and cause no harm for #women and the environment without clear transparency and accountability?

[Chandra Bhushan @Bh_Chandra]

For innovation and growth, we need to define the #environmental sector as a formal economic sector. My latest op-ed in @FinancialXpress.
👉 https://t.co/5dYOHDrRdK
#innovation #greenjobs

[The Wire Science @TheWireScience]

While the risk of the draft EIA 2020 becoming law is still quite real, the environment ministry has continued its tinkering spree. | @meenaxshikapoor and @krithika_dinesh
https://t.co/otBQKsdqYu