Whither Right to Food? Rights Institutions and Hungry Labour in Tea Plantations of North Bengal
Published By: Calcutta Research Group | Published Date: May, 01 , 2009This paper explores what constitutes the mechanics of the legal and the administrative world of food rights in the Dooars area of West Bengal, specifically food rights of the tea plantation labourers. It attempts to show also in this context how some of the rights bearing institutions have negotiated the right to food as not a standalone right but as something constituted by other rights, such as the right to information, communication, and other rights to services and umbrella guarantees such as the fundamental right to life and freedom from deprivation.
Author(s): Geetisha Dasgupta | Posted on: Jul 24, 2015 | Views() | Download (592)