Category: Activities on Mobile Vaani
- On April 19, 2019
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by Vani Viswanathan Vijay Sharma from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, grows potatoes and some wheat, but couldn’t manage any more because of lack of irrigation facilities. ‘Sevaks and Krishi Mitras all live…
- On March 9, 2019
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by Vani Viswanathan ‘I dreamt of putting my children through school and taking care of my aged parents with the money I make,’ says Rakhi from Jamui, Bihar, who migrated with…
- On January 22, 2019
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Government grievance redressal services are complicated and centralised, putting them out of reach and relevance of citizens in rural areas. They were built to keep ‘middlemen’ out, but end up…
- On January 22, 2019
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While on-ground volunteers can assist with grievance redressal, community-based hyperlocal media can play a powerful role in putting pressure on authorities to act on grievances. Over the years, local inefficiencies on a range…
- On January 22, 2019
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Gram Vaani platforms TTCU Kural and Urimai Kural, run in collaboration with women's unions TTCU and GAFWU & PTS, support union work by providing a channel to voice sensitive grievances and enabling better tracking and…
- On January 22, 2019
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Awareness about policies and entitlements they are eligible to are low among people in India's heartlands. Some 63% of people surveyed using Mobile Vaani in Raipur, Chattisgarh, didn't know how to…
- On January 22, 2019
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Reliable mechanisms aren't in place for people to report about public service delivery. Gram Vaani has developed platforms with organisations such as National Foundation for India and Population Foundation of…
- On January 21, 2019
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1 in 3 workers in Delhi/NCR we surveyed had no proof of employment. Nearly 2 in 3 were paid less than the minimum wage. Gram Vaani's Saajha Manch collects news, testimonies and experiences from workers and…
- On June 14, 2018
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Most farmers struggle with getting accurate and localised information on their farming practices, on crop diversification or opportunities for new cash crops. However, they find information that they get on…
- On June 14, 2018
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One in two of over 1,500 people in Bihar, Jharkhand & Madhya Pradesh we surveyed on Mobile Vaani recently said that agriculture was their primary source of income. But most…
