health status of rickshaw pullers in jaipur
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HEALTH STATUS OF RICKSHAW PULLERS IN
JAIPUR.
By:-
Aditya Sood
Girish Mathur
Jayshree Duggal
Neha Asija
Priyanka Suman
Sukhbir Singh Kapoor
INTRODUCTION
General Background• First observed in 1951-52• Legal approval came in 1959• Acc. To JCROA,18to 20 thousand
rickshaws&35000 rickshaw pullers.• 15 owners-10500 rickshaws; another 235-10000.• 2 owners jointly own 7000&2000 ric.
Respectively and are called RICKSHAW KINGS of Jaipur.
LEGAL ASPECT
• First law formed-1959.• 1971,law passed, detailing 1 person pulling
other as inhuman & on plea of N.R.L.U state bank SBBJ offered loan to make rickshaw pullers, the owners.
• Bylaw passed banning renting ,1978.On grounds of SAFETY&HUMAN HEALTH.
• Reinstated in 2003.
STUDY & METHODOLIGY
FIVE KEY IDEAS• Very poor economic background• Upward mobility• Health shocks• Unsustainable livelihood• Intergenerational mobility