DHARNA FOR EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ON 18 AUGUST

[Right to Food]

Dear friends,

DHARNA FOR EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ON 18 AUGUST

A one-day dharna will be held at Jantar Mantar (New Delhi) on Thursday
18 August, to protest against the flaws of the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Bill (NREGB) and demand immediate pro-people
amendments. The dharna may be followed by other forms of action
including a hunger strike.

The "revised" NREGB is expected to be discussed in Parliament on 17
August. The revised Bill has not yet been made public, but it is
almost certain to have major flaws, such as the absence of any time
frame for extension to the whole of rural India and the absence of
individual work entitlements. The main objective of the dharna on 18
August is to ensure that the Bill is suitably amended before being
placed and passed, within the monsoon session of Parliament which ends
on 26 August.

Please join the dharna (and possible hunger strike) in full strength.
The dharna will start at 10 am on 18 August and will continue for the
whole day.

This is a follow-up of the Rozgar Adhikar Yatra (which travelled
through ten states before the monsoon session in Parliament), an
initiative of People's Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG). For
further information please send a line to roz...@gmail.com or call
Kamal (9810060481), Annie (9811553633), Kaustav (9891050213), Navjyoti
(9350530150), Subhash (9810810365), or the "Yatra mobile"
(9868888127). A preparatory meeting is likely to take place on 16
August, after the revised Bill is made public.

Zindabad,
Navjyoti
(for Right to Food Campaign)