Tag: Women Beedi Workers
As Beedi Industry Faces Existential Crisis, Politicians Above Party Line Speak Up
Delhi: Beedi is Sawdeshi, organic, no report claimed yet that it causes cancer but the implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) amendments...
Make Separate Law As COTPA Will Lead To Millions of Unemployed, Demands Beedi Industry
Delhi: Beedi is Sawdeshi, organic, no report claimed yet that it causes cancer but the implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) amendments...
Delhi Meet On Beedi Workers’ Livelihood
Delhi: The proposed amendment to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) puts the livelihood of millions of women in jeopardy. The new...
If COTPA Amendment Bill 2020 gets implemented, many beedi workers will commit suicide, claims a study
Kolkata: Susheela, a 46-year-old native of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district rolls beedi for a living. She has been doing it, since the age of...