Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan

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Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan is an Indian grassroots organization known for pioneering the right to information movement and advocating for the rights and transparency for workers and peasants.

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Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf grassroots organization ⓘ
social movement organization ⓘ
affiliatedWith National Campaign for People’s Right to Information ⓘ
country India ⓘ
fieldOfWork agrarian issues ⓘ
anti-corruption activism ⓘ
labour rights ⓘ
right to information movement ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
foundedBy Aruna Roy ⓘ
Nikhil Dey ⓘ
Shankar Singh ⓘ
local villagers of Devdungri ⓘ
hasInfluenced Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act social audit provisions ⓘ
Right to Information Act, 2005 (India) ⓘ
hasPart MKSS collective of activists ⓘ
hasSlogan “Hamara paisa, hamara hisaab” ⓘ
headquartersLocation Devdungri, Rajasthan ⓘ
ideology grassroots empowerment ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
inception 1990 ⓘ
knownFor influencing the enactment of the Right to Information Act, 2005 ⓘ
innovative use of public hearings for transparency ⓘ
mobilizing workers and peasants in Rajasthan ⓘ
pioneering the right to information movement in India ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalForm unregistered people’s organization ⓘ
locatedIn Rajasthan ⓘ
movement Right to Information movement in India ⓘ
anti-corruption movement in India ⓘ
workers’ and peasants’ rights movement ⓘ
notableWork campaigns for minimum wages enforcement ⓘ
grassroots campaign for the Right to Information Act in India ⓘ
public hearings (jan sunwais) on village accounts ⓘ
social audits of public works ⓘ
operatesIn India ⓘ
rural Rajasthan ⓘ
purpose accountability in public expenditure ⓘ
government transparency ⓘ
peasants’ rights advocacy ⓘ
right to information advocacy ⓘ
workers’ rights advocacy ⓘ
usesMethod jan sunwai (public hearing) ⓘ
non-violent protest ⓘ
sit-ins and dharnas ⓘ
social audit ⓘ

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Aruna Roy → founded → Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ⓘ
Aruna Roy → coFounded → Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ⓘ
Right to Information movement in India → associatedWith → Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ⓘ