“Your biggest enemy is your fear”
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Summary
In 1983, I was in Golana village in Gujarat, where my colleagues and I were working with the local Dalit population. They had been alotted around 33 acres of land under the land reform legislation, but the dominant castes would not allow them to take possession of it. I was the secretary of the local cooperative and insisted that if the land was in their name, they should be able to go and occupy it. Two emissaries were sent to the panchayat office, and the original owners of that la
Key Facts
TypeLong read
SourceIDR Online
PublishedThursday, 13 August 2026
Affected Population~900 million rural population, 250,000 gram panchayats
Key Numbers
PMAY-G: 2.95 crore houses sanctioned
PMGSY: 7.25 lakh km rural roads
SHG network: 9 crore women members
20 million central + state government employees
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Key Stakeholders
Government Context
NDA IIIBJP-led NDA
LeftCentreRight