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Kerala Rehabilitates 320 Fishing Families in New Flats in Vizhinjam
23 Feb 2022
The LDF government plans to construct 1,032 flats for fishermen in Mathippuram.
Sandip Chakraborty
Centre’s Blue Revolution, SagarMala Projects Promote Only Corporate Giants: Sundarbans Fishermen
18 Feb 2022
Small fishers are losing their livelihood and forced to relocate to Chennai or Thiruvananthapuram as daily wagers.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Fishermen Protest Diesel Price Hike, Demonstrations Against New Labour Codes
28 Aug 2021
Unorganised workers from 20 different sectors stage state-wide protest against the new labour codes passed by Centre.
Amey Tirodkar
No Clarity in Rules Leaves Maharashtra’s Fishermen Struggling During Lockdown
04 Apr 2020
Fishing is allowed but fish markets cannot open. Hence, fishermen and fisherwomen are not entitled to compensation and are staring at losses.
Newsclick Report
Centre’s Laxity Over the Issues of Fishermen Community Continues
08 Aug 2018
On the other hand, the fishing community across the country have been opposing the draft Coastal Zone Regulation notification that scales back environmental safeguards for the coastlines.
Yogesh S
Mangaluru Fishing Harbour Phase III Project Gets No Money from the Central Govt
25 Jun 2018
“The centre has given nothing to the fishing sector and has utterly failed in responding or even showing any concern.”
Surangya Kaur
Central Govt Failed to React to Cyclone Ockhi
22 Dec 2017
National Disaster Management Authority, chaired by PM Modi, has been downsized, resulting in a decrease in their involvement in day-to-day management of disasters. The high number of casualties in…
Newsclick Report
Gujarat Polls: Why Rural Seats Likely to Decide Who Will Win
05 Dec 2017
There are 98 rural seats and 84 urban seats for the Assembly. BJP and Congress both are locked in a do-or-die battle rural areas.
Rishab BaileyNewsclick
Can India Adjudicate the Enrica Lexie incident? An analysis of jurisdictional issues
14 Mar 2012
The deaths of two Indian fisherman, purportedly caused by marines stationed on board the Italian merchant ship the Enrica Lexie has created a furore in Kerala.