Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
BHUBANESWAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the forest department to inspect Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) at Rayagada to check whether its refinery unit and mines are operating on forest land. A petitioner, Sanjit Kumar Turuk, has filed a petition with the NGT alleging that the company was …
BPSL has proposed to expand steel making capacity at its Thelkoli plant near Sambalpur from 2.8 mtpa to 5.5 mtpa The state government has approved the expansion plans of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL) and Aditya Birla Group owned firm Utkal Alumina Ltd. BPSL has proposed to expand steel-making …
Despite incessant rains, several tribals under the banner of the CPI (M) demonstrated before the Thuamul Rampur tehsil office in Kalahandi district of Odisha on Wednesday to protest against their patta land being handed over to Utkal Alumina of Aditya Birla group, without their consent. The agitators were led by …
The charges were based on the report of a fact finding team sent by the party to the project area at Kashipur in Rayagada district The state unit of BJP today lodged complain with Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) alleging violation of environment and mining laws by Utkal Alumina …
Competitive bidding not done for selecting pvt promoters The office of the Comptroller & Accountant General (CAG) of India has slammed the Odisha government for entering into MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with industrial houses without any policy or guidelines for assessing the need for industries. The CAG which is conducting …
New Delhi The government on Monday cancelled the allocation of another coal block over allegations of irregularities and deducted bank guarantees of two allottees for failing to develop the mines in time. The cancelled allocation was that of Gourangdih ABC block given to JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA. The move …
Deallocates Gourangdih ABC, jointly given to JSW Steel & Himachal EMTA, with this, govt has approved cancellation of licenses of 5 coal blocks The Government today decided to deallocate one more mine - Gourangdih ABC, jointly given to JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA besides deduction of bank guarantees of two …
This essay contends that the economic liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG) model of development in India is virtually depriving the tribal people and other agriculture dependent poor people of their traditional means of sustainable livelihood by promoting the unregulated growth of mineral-based industries in the tribal regions of India. In …
The public sphere as conceptualised by Habermas is a bourgeois institution that had emerged in European countries as a "discursive platform" to engage in critical discussion and deliberations with the idea of delivering "common good". The institution has been replicated in many countries including India. But the institution as a …
In the era of liberalization and privatization, a sizeable number of mineral processing industries are coming to invest in the mineral rich state of Orissa. As a result, there is large involuntary population displacement of the marginalized sections including tribal. There is resistance leading to agitation by 'already' and 'potential' …
the process followed to clear a proposed expansion of Utkal Alumina International Limited's (uail's) bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Rayagada, Orissa, has raised disturbing questions about the legality of the project, the quality of the environmental impact assessments (eias) and the involvement of local communities in the decision-making …
