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In Murshidabad district, it is the poorest women who roll beedis – a physically punishing job. The constant exposure to tobacco from a young age puts their general and reproductive health at great risk

George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Research & Practice Seminar: 'Beedi Workers in India'.   This event is only open to students at George Washington University, not to the public. Join former Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow and Communications Manager for Food Policy Program for Vital Strategies, Pallavi Puri, MPH, for a talk on her Pulitzer Center-supported project Beedi Workers in India. Puri unravels the "fate of these workers in India a...

Several unions and workers’ collective have come together to demand the government to lower the GST levied on beedis. The All-India Beedi Industry Federation, Swadesh Jagran Manch and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh as well as prominent parliamentarians demanded that the 28% GST levied on beedis be cut down so that the livelihoods of the 4.5 crore people involved, which includes a

The proposed amendment to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COTPA) Act puts the livelihood of millions of women, engaged in the beedi industry. in jeopardy with Section 10A(3) making it mandatory for persons to obtain licences, permissions and registrations for selling and distributing tobacco products. This amendment, if implemented, will make business tough for

COVID Care Centre opened at Beedi Workers’ Hospital Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A COVID Care Centre was opened at the Beedi Workers’ Hospital at Kalyanagiri in Mysuru on Tuesday. Minister in charge of Mysuru district S.T. Somashekar, who was present at the inauguration, assured to improve the facilities at Beedi Workers’ Hospital so that the facility is made use by people residing in Narasimharaja Assembly segment not only for treatment of COVID-19, but also for other ailments in...