Name: MGNREGA Repealed: The Assault on Constitutional Values
Start: 2026-01-26T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-26T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Room 201, SOAS University of London

MGNREGA Repealed: The Assault on Constitutional Values

Join SFI-UK and SOAS Ambedkar Society on India's 77th Republic Day with a lecture on the impending crisis in social welfare policy.
About this Event

The Students' Federation of India - United Kingdom (SFI-UK) and SOAS Ambedkar Society invite you to commemorate India’s 77th Republic Day with a lecture on the alarming repeal of the rural employment programme, MGNREGA and the attack on the right to work.
The first speaker, Dr Surbhi Kesar, is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at SOAS London and co-author of the book, ‘Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction’. Her work focuses on the informal economy, economic growth and social exclusion through a South-centric critical framework of study.

The second speaker, Com. Vikram Singh, is the Joint Secretary of the All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU), former General Secretary of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and a leading figure in India's agrarian movement.