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The mining industry and miners' struggles in India

Gurgaon Workers' News report on the history and current condition of India's significant mining industry, and workers struggles which have taken place within it.

Submitted by Django on July 31, 2011
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  • Dhanbad, India – Report from a Visit in the Coal Fields
  • Coal Mining in India
  • The Dhanbad-Jharia coal-mining area
  • The Coal-Mining Sector during Colonialism and after ‘Independence’
  • The Period 1971 to 2011: A Short Summary
  • The Nationalisation 1971 – 1973
  • Illegalised mining
  • The Dhanbad Mafia
  • The Jharkhand Movement
  • Mechanisation
  • Casualisation and (Re-)Privatisation
  • The Situation Today: A Visit in Dhanbad
  • Notes
  • Printer-friendly version
  • India
  • mining
  • coal
  • Gurgaon Workers News
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