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'''Nikhil Dey''' (born 1963) is an Indian [[social activist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/NREGA-workers-paid-a-pittance-in-state-NGO/articleshow/6093491.cms|title=NREGA workers paid a pittance in state: NGO |date=June 26, 2010|first=Anindo|last=Dey|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> He works for the [[Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan]] (Mazdoor Kishan Shakti Sangthan), Suchna Evum Rozgar Adhikar Abhiyan and [[NCPRI]] (National Campaign for People's Right to Information).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/MGNREGA-workers-plan-rally-against-poor-pay/articleshow/6084620.cms|title=MGNREGA workers plan rally against poor pay |date=June 24, 2010|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> He has been actively working for [[Right to Information]], [[Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act]], [[Lokpal]] bill and [[Right to food|Right to Food]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-one-nation-one-ration-card-not-a-solution-to-hunger-crisis-social-activist-nikhil-dey/352868| title = 'One Nation One Ration Card Not A Solution To Hunger Crisis': Social Activist Nikhil Dey}} </ref> and other Human Rights organisations.

==Early activities==
After working briefly with the Kheduth Mazdoor Chetna Sangathana in [[Madhya Pradesh]], he joined [[Aruna Roy]] and Shankar Singh in 1987 to go to Devdungri, in Rajsamand District in Rajasthan where along with many others they helped form and establish the [[Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan]] (MKSS).<ref>{{cite web|title=RTI's resolute foot soldier|url=http://www.civilsocietyonline.com/Archive/septoct10/sept105.asp|publisher=Civil Society|accessdate=2 March 2014}}</ref>

==Social activist==
Since 1990, he has been a full-time worker of the MKSS, and a part of the organisations decision making collective. In this capacity he has been involved in struggles of the poor for justice, including grass root struggles for land and the payment of [[minimum wage]]s. He has also been a part of the organisations involvement in larger campaigns- most notably for the Peoples [[Right to Information]], and the [[Right to Work]], the [[Right to food|Right to Food]], and the protection of other human rights guaranteed under the Indian [[Constitution of India|Constitution]].
He was called in famous Amir khan TV show [[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Satyamev Jayate]] for clarifying more about RTI (Right To Information) along with Shankar Sing, Sowmya Kidambi, [[Aruna Roy]]

Nikhil Dey also worked with the Government of Rajasthan on its [https://jansoochna.rajasthan.gov.in/index.php/about-us Jana Soochana] program, which aimed to implement the 'proactive disclosure' section of the Right to Information Act, by which the government would publish information about its work proactively and obviate any need to file RTI requests.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Op031009the_right.asp The Right To No Secrets]
* [http://hopearethere.blogspot.com/2008/11/talk-by-nikhil-dey.html Profile]
*https://skollworldforum.org/contributor/nikhil-dey/

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>Journo1306 at 05:43, 11 January 2022