Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana
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The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (Organisation for the Empowerment of Workers and Peasants) is an India
n social movement founded by Aruna Roy
, Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh along with a number of peasants and workers in Devdungari village of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan
state in 1990. In the 1990s, it spearheaded the right to information movement in Rajasthan state. As a part of the movement, it organized jansunwais (public hearings) in several villages, where they conducted social audits based on the information it gathered from the government. It also organized a dharna (sit-in demonstration) in Beawar
town in April 2006 to press its demand. As a result of this movement, the Rajasthan State Right to Information Act was enacted in 2000. It is also known for election watch programme in the city of Pushkar
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n social movement founded by Aruna Roy
Aruna Roy
Aruna Roy is an Indian political and social activist who founded and heads the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana . She is best known as a prominent leader of the Right to Information movement, which led to the enactment of the Right to Information Act in 2005...
, Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh along with a number of peasants and workers in Devdungari village of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state in 1990. In the 1990s, it spearheaded the right to information movement in Rajasthan state. As a part of the movement, it organized jansunwais (public hearings) in several villages, where they conducted social audits based on the information it gathered from the government. It also organized a dharna (sit-in demonstration) in Beawar
Beawar
Beawar is a city in Rajasthan, India. Beawar was the capital of Merwara state of Rajputana. As of 2011, the population of Beawar is 3,25,000. It is located southwest of the state capital Jaipur, amidst Aravali hills. It is an major centre of trade,especially in raw cotton, and has cotton...
town in April 2006 to press its demand. As a result of this movement, the Rajasthan State Right to Information Act was enacted in 2000. It is also known for election watch programme in the city of Pushkar
Pushkar
Pushkar is a town in the Ajmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated at 14 km North West from Ajmer at an average elevation of 510 metres , and is one of the five sacred dhams...