Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Research Studies and Projects
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Sampling for selection of sample families for the study.
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Collection of primary data from the sample families.
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Visit to ICDS, Government hospitals, fair price shops, schools run by both government
and NGOs to verify the primary data.
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Visit to different NGOs in the selected blocks to cross-examine data as well as their
contribution to economic, social and cultural rights.
12.29 The final report of the Study is expected to be submitted to the Commission shortly.
I] Action Research Project on ‘Land, Labour and Human
Rights Violation in Bundelkhand and Sonbhadra Region
of Uttar Pradesh’
12.30 The Commission in August 2004 entrusted to Dr. K. Gopal Iyer, a retired Professor in
Sociology from Punjab University, Chandigarh to undertake the action research project on ‘Land,
Labour and Human Rights Violation in Bundelkhand and Sonbhadra Region of Uttar Pradesh’.
For this action research, the Commission agreed to provide financial assistance of
Rs.6,92,000/-. The main aim of the action research is to understand in depth the intensity of violations
of legal, labour and other human rights of the people in Bundelkhand and Sonbhadra region,
thereby evolving an action strategy for taking remedial measures. The focus is to improve the
overall basic conditions of the vulnerable sections in the region, especially dalits, tribals and women.
The duration of the project is 24 months. The project is in progress and the same is being monitored.
J] A Study of the Status of Tendu Leaf Pluckers in Orissa
12.31 The Commission has entrusted the above research study to Human Development Society,
which is based in New Delhi. The objectives of the project are as under :-
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Find out the socio-economic background of the tendu leaf pluckers;
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Analyze the dynamics of the tendu leaf trade - the role of different actors, the process and
the economics of the trade;
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Examine the extent of bonded labour system in tendu leaf trade - relationship between the
pluckers and their employers, wages, working conditions etc. in the light of various statutory
provisions and guidelines and orders of the Supreme Court, NHRC, etc.
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Examine the extent of child labour in tendu leaf trade;
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