Sandstone Quarry Workers Karauli, Rajasthan, India A Report Prepared for ‘Beyond the Resource Curse: Charting a Path to Sustainable Livelihood for Mineral-Dependent Communities’ ARC Discovery Project led by Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt June 2015, Canberra: Australian National University ARAVALI Association for Rural Advancement through Voluntary Action and Local Involvement Contact Details: ARAVALI Association for Rural Advancement through Voluntary Action and Local Involvement Patel Bhawan, HCM-RIPA (OTS), Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur – 302017 Telefax: 91-141-2701941, 2710556 Email:
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[email protected] . Website www.asmasiapacific.org; https://crawford.anu.edu.au/people/academic/kuntala-lahiri-dutt 2 Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 STUDY Approach, Methodology and Tools ............................................................................ 6 3 Study area ................................................................................................................................................. 7 4 POLICY ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................................... 9 5 Insight into