About Us

Nagrik Adhikar Manch is a non-governmental organization registered on 1 June 2013 under subsection 2 of section 13 of Madhya Pradesh Society Registration Act 1973. The main office of Nagrik Adhikar Manch is located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. However, Citizen Rights Forum started working in the poor settlements of Jabalpur since 2006 to fulfill their basic needs. After much deliberation and debate, it was registered in 2013. Nagrik Adhikar Manch was established to emphasize the concept of holistic development of the weaker and vulnerable sections of the society. It is worth mentioning that the office bearers and members of the organization have been working for a long time for the protection of public rights, social and political equality, protection of basic rights of the poor, better rehabilitation of displaced and poor, protection of women’s rights, protection of child rights, employment oriented training, social security of workers in the unorganized sector, environmental protection, public health, agricultural development, quality education, protection of the rights of Dalits and tribals. The organization mainly conducts youth centric programs so that the youth can become active citizens of the country.

 

Background 

The Nagrik Adhikar Manch was formed as a presser group. The settlements in which we live, in the government documents, those settlements were recorded in the name of slums, where the problem of water, road, sanitation and school was already there and on that the government decided to remove our settlements. In 2005, Jawaharlal came up with a plan for removal under the Urban Renewal Project.

We understood the project and tried to convince the people that this project is not for our betterment but the eyes of the government are on our land, then people wanted to oppose this project.

Then the youth of Basti said that the protest should be of constitutional and non-violent way and for this we have to form an organization and give a constitutional name to it. Then an organization Nagrik Adhikar Manch was formed. After this, the Jawaharlal Urban Renewal Project was continuously constitutionally opposed from 2005 to 2011 under the leadership of the Nagrik Adhikar Manch. As a result of which, in 2012, Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh announced to cancel the proposed Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Missoin in the settlements of Polipathar area.

The Nagrik Adhikar Manch is a non-governmental entity registered under sub-section 2 of section 13 of the Madhya Pradesh Societies Registration Act 1973 on 1st June 2013. The main office of the Nagrik Adhikar Manch is located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. However, the Nagrik Adhikar Manch started working to meet their basic needs in the poor settlements of Jabalpur since 2006. It was registered in 2013 after a lot of brainstorm and reasoning.

The Nagrik Adhikar Manch was set up to emphasize the concept of holistic development of the weaker and weaker sections of the society. It may be mentioned that the officials and members of the institution have been working for the last long period to protect the rights of the people, social and political equality, protection of basic rights of the poor, better rehabilitation of the displaced and the poor, protection of women’s rights, protection of child rights, employment oriented training, social security of unorganized sector workers, environment protection, public health, agricultural development, quality education, protection of rights of Dalits and Adivasis

 

Vision

To establish an egalitarian society where there is no discrimination on the basis of caste, religion and gender and everyone has the opportunity to live a dignified life.

 

Mission

To enhance the capacity of local leaders, people’s organizations and institutions to effectively advocate for the economic, social, educational, cultural and human rights issues of marginalized groups, especially Dalits, Adivasis, minorities, women and children.

 

Values

The organization will try to adopt the values of justice, equality, liberty, fraternity, democracy, secularism and transparency in its work and behavior.