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FMRAI was formed in April 1963 in its first conference at Hyderabad, as was resolved in a convention at Nagpur in 1962, where it aimed to improve living conditions of the Medical Representatives. It has travelled a long way in building itself as real trade union body. Form the idea that the medical representatives are not workers but somewhat like white collar employees to demand and agitate for recognition as workmen took almost a decade. The management of the pharmaceuticals industry always isolated the medical representatives from the other workers in the factory and office. There was inhibition from the medical representatives also to consider themselves as a workman.

It was found that the services of the medical representatives (popularly known as field workers) were not regulated under any law. Whenever any attempt of organising was made, the employers used to embark upon them with all kinds of attack. Termination of services particularly those of the leaders was a regular phenomenon. FMRAI demanded of the Govt. to recognise the medical representatives as workmen by clearly defining in the Trade Union Act. It was a lengthy struggle. In 1976 when the democracy of the country was shadowed under state of emergency, a law was enacted as Sales Promotion Employees’ (Conditions of Service) Act which was applicable to those medical representatives whose monthly earning was only Rs.650 per month. This deprived a vast number of medical representatives out of the purview of the Act. FMRAI demanded the Govt. to remove the wage ceiling from the Act. Meanwhile, FMRAI in its conference in 1978 included sales representatives of other industries also and demanded the Govt. to extend the benefit of the Act to sales representatives of all industries. In pursuance of these demands FMRAI staged nation wide agitation and several rallies were staged before the Parliament at New Delhi.

The Govt. ultimately removed the salary ceiling for the Medical and Sales Representatives who are legally known as Sales Promotion Employees. But the Govt. agreed to extend the benefit of the law only for 11 industries which FMRAI did not agree.

FMRAI formulated a 27 point common charter of demands which consists of not only extension of benefits of all labour laws for the field workers but also demands for the people on medicines.

Nearly 40 large companies including multinational drug companies have recognised FMRAI as trade union for their field workers and regularly signs wage agreement. Regular meeting on day to day grievances of the field workers is also held with these companies. In regional level, some smaller companies also recognise FMRAI through its Zonal Committees.

FMRAI has become the only national organisation for the field workers in the country having functioning centres known as local units in 300 cities and towns of the country. Its membership has crossed one lakh in 2017 and continuously growing. FMRAI associates its activities with several central trade unions of the country and its members participate to the national programme when jointly called by the central trade unions.

FMRAI has also joined All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) which is a national organisation for science movement. AIPSN actively work in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals. Jointly with AIPSN and with its own initiative, FMRAI has campaigned for a Rational Drug Policy. FMRAI is considered as an important policy critic on Pharmaceuticals Policy of the Govt. FMRAI in the sates actively worked with health action groups and local branches of Indian Medical Association, convened seminars, conventions and other campaigned in different occasions. FMRAI also held number of national seminars at New Delhi along with doctors, scientists, and economists. FMRAI has several publications on the health and drug situation of India. It is the only national trade union which observed nation wide strike against attempt of changing the patents act.

FMRAI is also associated with Jan Sasthya Abhiyan, Peoples Health Movement-India which along with 100 different organisation conducts campaign and movement throughout the country. FMRAI and JSA had conducted several Seminars on pharmaceutical policy. FMRAI makes through stydy on the activities of pharmaceutical companies and intervene to policy issues.

FMRAI publishes its organ ‘FMRAI News’ every month which has a circulation of more than 40000 issues.

As the only functioning national federation of the pharmaceutical industry FMRAI is strongly fighting against the effects of Globalisation.

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Since the last three decades and more, Eklavya has been striving to translate this dream into a lived reality for all children. Working towards the goal of social change through meaningful education, it conducts researches and evolves curricular models at the micro level and attempts to implement them in the mainstream system to bring about change in the school education system in India.

Eklavya was set up in 1982 as a non-government registered society. From the onset, it took up the academic responsibilities of the landmark Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme (HSTP), then being jointly run by the state government and two voluntary organisations, Kishore Bharati and Friends Rural Centre. Alongside, it developed and implemented the innovative Social Science Teaching Programme and the Primary Education Programme (PRASHIKA) in the government schools of Madhya Pradesh. More recently it worked with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in developing the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005 and the syllabuses and textbooks based on the NCF.

Eklavya continues to actively seed and develop academic programmes for curricular change in elementary education, at the micro level, and mainstream them through government and non-government agencies. It has now initiated work in curricular research and material development in language and math in the primary stages and science and social sciences in the high school stages. This work of curricular critique, research and material development fuels its ongoing engagements with the State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in providing them academic resource support in developing curricula and textbooks in various subject areas. Teacher professional development is another area that Eklavya is engaged with through research, material development and conducting teacher capacity building workshops.

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Delhi Science Forum (DSF) was constituted in the year 1978 as a Public Interest Organisation registered under Societies. The primary aim of the forum was to work on the science and society interface including popularizing science and science & technology policies.

Science and technology policies have social, economic and political implications. Issues such as Nuclear WTO imposed trade policies, Intellectual Property Rights, power policies, telecom policies, disinvestments and many other issues are quite often mystified with so called scientific and technical expertise. Delhi Science Forum seeks to demystify science and technology policies in order to ensure people’s participation in science and technology policies. DSF intervene through campaigns, seminars, workshops, and publications and also through legal actions on that are harmful for the people. DSF also network with other organizations at national and international level that engaged in similar activities.

In to days world science & technology have become an integral part of our lives. With the advancement of science its is visible even more widely. We believe that science needs to be popularized in all sections including those who do not have the benefit of formal education. DSF uses various means of communication such as street plays, slide shows, exhibitions and workshops, etc., for this purpose.

Today, science and rationality is under attack from different sections. Delhi Science Forum believes that science and  can play an important role in improving the quality of life and removing social and economic disparities. Delhi Science Forum also believes in opposing all forms of obscurantism and stands for promoting scientific temper in society.

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The Centre for Technology & Development, or CTD as we are popularly known, is a Unit of the Society for Economic & Social Studies (SESS), is an independent non-profit organisation working in the field of sustainable Rural Development through Science & Technology Applications.
The formation of CTD with several Field Stations in Dehradun (UA), Mandi (HP), Ukhrul (MANIPUR) and Kavali (AP) was catalysed by the Delhi Science Forum, a reputed public-interest organisation focusing on S&T policy issues, with the goal of putting forward and demonstrating alternative models for sustainable development. The Field Station at Sahaspur, Dehradun, UA continues to operate under CTD aegis while other Field Stations have been spun-off into independent registered Societies.
CTD/SESS is a multi-disciplinary group of dedicated and experienced professionals with backgrounds in engineering, natural sciences, medicine, social sciences etc.

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