Aruna Roy

Founder

Founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

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Aruna Roy is the founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) (1990)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from Devdungri.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan is a grassroots workers' and farmers' organisation headquartered in Devdungri, Rajasthan, founded in 1987. It pioneered public hearings and social audits that fed directly into the drafting of India's 2005 Right to Information Act and later helped institutionalise social audits under MGNREGA, and it continues to campaign on transparency, wage justice and democratic accountability.

Organisations: 1
Based in: Devdungri
Founded: 1990
Press: 2

References

[1] “The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) was founded in 1990 in Devdungri, Rajasthan by Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Shankar Singh, and local villagers as a grassroots response to wage theft, corruption in public social audits, and accountable governance.” — Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS). Source

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