Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sugra Adiwasi & Others Vs Pathranand & Others dated 29/04/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the state of Madhya Pradesh as well as the central government through the the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and …
The Environment Ministry is moving ahead with its efforts to ensure a minimum support price for minor forest produce such as bamboo and tendu leaves. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has reiterated his ministry
THE 14th report of the parliamentary standing committee on social justice and empowerment has recommended the planning commission make conditional the annual budgetary allocations of funds to states. It should depend, suggests the committee, on the amount spent on tribal development. Tabled in both Houses of Parliament on March 9, …
The promise of the FRA remains largely unfulfilled, says a committee set up by the Ministries of Environment and Forests and Tribal Affairs. IT seems hard for a government used to controlling most of India's common lands to let go of them. Even though it has passed a law mandating …
While the Maharashtra government contends that there is a large number of false claims under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights) Act 2006, Adivasis feel they have been short-changed by the State, which has denied legitimate claims. Thousands of Adivasis are marching to Mumbai from …
There will be no environment vs growth conflict if we define development in terms of human well-being The GoM to determine the norms for coalmine clearance in reserve forests, largely in tribal areas, and the parallel exercise to give back forest lands to tribals is not about the environment, but …
Tribal communities are vulnerable not only because they are poor, assetless and illiterate compared to the general population, their distinct vulnerability arises from their inability to negotiate and cope with the consequences of their forced integration with the mainstream economy, society, and cultural and political system. The repercussions for the …
Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st January 2011.
Subhash Narayan The Union Cabinet is all set to bring clarity and finalise procedures for forestry clearance of projects that involve large-scale displacement of tribal population. Lack of well-defined procedures for forestry clearances under the new Forest Rights Act (FRA) has resulted in project files flying between the environment and …
The Planning Commission (Govt. of India) has issued investment clearance for Upper Narmada Irrigation Project, proposed in Dindori district of Narmada Valley. This ambitious project would create irrigation potential of 18616 Ha. in Tribal dominated Dindori and Anuppur district. This is one of the major dam projects of Master Plan …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Although mines minister BK Handique announced after Friday's group of ministers' (GoM) meeting that the contentious proposal for mining companies to share 26% of their annual net profit with the displaced locals was cleared, tribal affairs minister Kantilal Bhuria had in fact surprised others in the GoM by …
Rajat Guha Even as a group of ministers is contemplating clubbing of all mining related-approvals in a single licence, the tribal affairs ministry is singing a different tune. The ministry wants companies to mandatorily seek NOCs from it before they start mining. The NOC would be granted to miners after …
The parliamentary panel slammed Union ministry of tribal affairs for its "inaction"in "guarding the interests and rights of aboriginal people" Now, a parliamen tary standing committee has voiced its
THE tribal affairs ministry appears to be all set to resist dealing with the issue of implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the Posco project area in Orissa. The ministry is expected to stick to the letter of the Forest Rights Act to steer clear of the controversial issue. …
Rajat Guha, Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The Forest Rights Act gave them land use rights and mandated that their consent be obtained before acquiring forest land, but it still did not ring in ownership rights for tribal populations. Now, the Prime Minister
AMIT AGNIHOTRI EW DELH Concerned over lack of development in the tribal areas, which has led to the rise of Left-Wing extremism (LWE), the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will review the government
ITANAGAR, Sept 12: A team of the Joint Review Committee of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) constituted by the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and Environment & Forests will be visiting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and North Bengal from September 19 to 25 next. In Arunachal the team will conduct public …
