World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Tribal refugees protest in Tripura
Agartala/Aizawl, Oct 21: Mizoram tribal refugees sheltered in Tripura for over 13 years on Thursday organized a protest rally to express their distress over the Mizoram Government
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700 families of Satabhaya will move to Bagapatia
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to shift all the 700 families of Satabhaya village in Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district within the next three months because of sea erosion. All the families will be rehabilitated at Bagapatia near Gupti in the same district. Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik reviewed the situation at a high level meeting here on Tuesday.
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Andhra Pradesh Slum (Identification, Redevelopment, Rehabilitation and Prevention) Act, 2010
<p>Government of Andhra Pradesh have formulated a policy on slum-free cities in Andhra Pradesh by 2014 through comprehensive reconstruction of the existing slums in the State, both in terms of housing and infrastructure facilities, in addition to assigning property rights and tenement rights to the identified slum dwellers. It also
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HAL failed in CSR activities: Villagers
KORAPUT: Villagers in the periphery of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Koraput are irked over the company's lackadaisical attitude in providing adequate health services.
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Posco panel to submit report on Monday
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: The Meena Gupta Committee is to submit its report on Monday to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the Posco steel project, according to the sources in the Ministry. While the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti activists are hopeful that the committee would give an adverse report on the venture, those in the State government and the company expect the repor
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The catastrophic fallout of human displacement of fisherfolk
Once self-reliant people have been reduced to coolies and their kids are dropping out of school, finds Sangeetha Neeraja The way industrial development is happening along the coast, traditional fishermen will be reduced to coolies in trawlers.
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An overview of resistance against industrial tree plantations in the global south
Industrial tree plantations for wood, palm oil and rubber are generating an increasing number of confl icts between companies and local populations. Relying on a wide-ranging literature review, this article analyses the alleged impacts of such plantations, the protesters involved, and the modalities of the confl icts.
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Recent developments in plans for Dharavi and for the airport slums in Mumbai
This is the fourth in a series of papers chronicling the negotiations over plans to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai’s vast informal settlement. It also describes current plans to redevelop land beside Mumbai’s
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Indigenous peoples and mining: good practice guide
It is important that companies take the time to properly understand the communities they work with including their particular context, concerns and aspirations. This Guide aims to assist help companies achieve those constructive relationships with Indigenous Peoples.
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Should locals get 26% of mining profits?
Appropriating a percentage of earnings will scare away entrepreneurs and defeat the purpose of bringing tribals into the national mainstream.