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Globalization Of Human Rights Essay

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GLOBALIZATION AND CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
Globalization has posed so many challenges in the way of human rights in all over world. India is also facing the challenges of globalization in terms of human rights violation. Due to liberalization, privatization and globalization the human rights of workers, women, children and tribal are under question. Large number of displacement of tribal people, exploitation of works, low rate of wages, worst work condition, women and child trafficking, environment degradation and polluted rivers are some issues which can recognised as human rights violation in our country. Human rights issues that arise include displacement, the poverty of rehabilitation, and often, the impossibility of rehabilitation, …show more content…

Despite of protective legislation, the tribal people’s rights over land, in the country, are under question. After 1991, the globalization demanded for an open market economy in India and resulted the nature of the state has been changed; now it became a protective state with limited welfare nature. The process of alienation of tribal land has accelerated by this period and due to this, their livelihood is under threat. One major problem raised due to industrialization is the conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. “The people most affected due to conversion are the tribals and other marginalized groups whose livelihoods are dependent on agriculture. Apart from large-scale conversion of their agriculture land, there are far more families that work as agricultural labourers whose livelihoods are threatened. Tribals and other groups already displaced still have not been provided any or adequate compensation. An estimated 40 million people (of which nearly 40 percent are tribals and 25 per cent dalits) have lost their land since 1950 on account of displacement due to large development projects. They still await compensation and rehabilitation. This situation is aggravating due to addition of more number of people in this 'inhumane ' category every year. These people are immensely dissatisfied with government’s apathy towards them” (Government of India:

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