NCERT Solutions Class 7th Social Science (Civics) Chapter -9 Struggles for Equality Notes

Some of these factors are- Poverty and the lack of resources. Discrimination on the basis of a person’s religion, caste and sex.

• In India, there are several struggles in which people have come together to fight for a variety of issues. Some of the famous struggles are women’s movement to raise issues of equality, Tawa Matsya Sangh in Madhya Pradesh etc. Beedi workers, fisherfolk, agricultural labourers, slum dwellers and each group is struggling for justice, in its own way.

• Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS) is a federation of Fisherworker’s cooperatives, an organisation fighting for the rights of the displaced forest dwellers of the Satpura forest in Madhya Pradesh. TMS organised rallies and a chakka jam (road blockade), demanding their right to continue fishing for their livelihood. In response to their protests, in 1996, the Madhya Pradesh government decided to give to the people displaced by the Tawa dam the fishing rights for the reservoir.

• The Indian Constitution recognises the equality of all persons. Movements and struggles for equality in India continuously refer to the Indian Constitution to make their point about equality and justice for all. By constantly referring to the Constitution, people use it as a ‘living document’ i.e., something that has real meaning in our lives.

• Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.

• Which state is ‘Tawa Matsya Sangh’ located in?

•Madhya Pradesh is where Tawa Matsya Sangh is located in.