Primers

The secretariat of the right to food campaign is doing its best to maintain an up-to-date series of “Primers” on different aspects of the right to food, with the help of campaign volunteers. Primers are written in simple language and addressed to a wide audience: activists, journalists, teachers and the general public. They are well suited for training workshops, awareness campaigns, and related activities. The Primers can also be printed as a “pocket book”, for just a few rupees per copy, and distributed widely. Feel free to adapt, update, translate, etc. – no copyright!

To order printed copies of the primers (preferably in large quantities), just send an email to righttofoodindia@gmail.com



Rainbow Primer (all food-related entitlements)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mVrT4qW_IBtr_rs5JncZDkMlJlLmnW6B

Apna Haq Janey (Jharkhand Version - Hindi Primer) (May 2014)









National Food Security Act (NFSA)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NAAyjKQZ0axSddWdoVMhzIlhKunwOs9a
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y-S9L9JCQNRYNjPaA9lsL4IHaA9h-7l1







Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS and more)






Progress of Children Under Six: Revisiting ICDS in the FOCUS Districts (POCUS report, September 2016)   
















School Mid-day Meals (MDMs)
Mid-day Meals: A Primer (in Hindi) (November 2005)





Maternity Entitlements




National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA)

























Muster Roll Watch Verification of NREGA Muster Rolls (Jan 2008)
Muster Roll Ki Nigrani (Hindi) Verification of NREGA Muster Rolls (Jan 2008)




















Forests Rights Act, 2006 (FRA)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WWq82RTFhy-8k-Z4m_IbXrFTGm9Di5cJ    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZTl1yTEYlrIAV6_oW-O-gXAQXdK9r9HX 















Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 (PESA)
















In addition to primers prepared by the Secretariat, groups working on the right to food and related issues also prepare primers from time to time, which are collected below:

Community-based Management of Malnutrition [Hindi] (July 2012)
Kuposhan Ki Kahani [Hindi] (July 2012)
Kya kahta hai Rozgar Guarantee Kanoon 2005: a primer on the NREGA prepared by the Mazdoor Kisan Samiti [Hindi] [9 January]
The Right to Information Act: A Primer (National Campaign for People's Right to Information, 2005)