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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The shocking spate of deaths among Juang infants in mineral-rich Jajpur’s Nagada has exposed the slow progress achieved by the State in ensuring appropriate nutrition for its tribal populace which is reflected in the level of stunting, wasting and weight among children. Over the last 10 years, there has …
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people are better than governments at preventing forests from being cut and should be seen as a solution, not a barrier to protecting them, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People said on Tuesday. Indigenous peoples and communities have claims to …
The blood samples collected from disease-affected under-weight children in Nagada village in Jajpur district have tested positive for Immunoglobulin M (IgM) confirming prevalence of measles. Health officials collected the samples from children under three years of age and an adult following death of 18 Juang children allegedly due to malnutrition …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tribal Population, 18/07/2016. Demographic details of Scheduled Tribes as per Census 2011 are available in public domain on the website of the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. State / UT-wise population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) including Jharkhand are …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Right Act, 18/07/2016. As per the information received from various State Governments /UT Administrations upto 31st May, 2016, 44,27,613 claims (43,11,233 individual and 1,16,380 community claims) have been filed and 17,46,338 titles (17,02,846 individual and 43,492 community claims) have been distributed comprising 43.92 …
The Indian arm of the Amnesty International, a global NGO on human rights, on Wednesday released a comprehensive report on flip side of coal mining operations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand, highlighting a pattern of human rights violations in open-cast mines run by different subsidiaries of the state-owned Coal India …
Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised. This report examines …
AT least three persons, including two women, died of diarrhoea while 26 persons were affected in a remote village under Oupada block of Balasore district on Thursday. Though the reason behind the sudden outbreak is yet to be known, officials say consumption of contaminated water and jungle mushroom might have …
Guwahati: The Co-ordination Committee of Tribal Organizations of Assam (CCTOA) has urged the Centre to protect the land rights of scheduled tribal forest dwellers in its proposed National Forest Policy. The environment ministry has entrusted Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) with the task of reviewing and revising the …
DESPITE claims of the State Government that poverty has gone down in Odisha because of successful implementation of different welfare programmes, 32.59 per cent of the State’s population remains below the poverty line (BPL), which is one of the highest figures in the country. More than half of the districts …
An indigenous community in southwestern Brazil faces imminent eviction from its traditional territories, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, in a case exemplifying ongoing land conflicts in South America's largest country. A small number of families from the Guarani Kaiowa Apika'y indigenous group received a judicial order late last week to …
The publication, produced by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and UNDP, is a compilation of various court rulings, including the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of several states, that have strengthened the Forest Rights Act. The compendium aims to be a guide for authorities that protect the rights …
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting their environment, Norway's environment minister said. Speaking ahead of a high-level conference on forest conservation hosted by Norway, Vidar Helgesen said …
Bilaspur: Union tribal ministry has sought clarification from state government over cancellation of community forest rights of a village in Surguja north Chhattisgarh. The district collector, DFO and district tribal department had cancelled the community forest rights of the village in January this year. In a letter written to village …
Odisha has the unique distinction of being one of the few Indian states where thousands of local communities are actively protecting and conserving their forests. These people, who meet their own livelihood requirements from forests, however, are struggling since long to assert their rights over the forest resources due to …
Union Minister has promised to protect the interests of tribes people: Kummanam The Union government will take a decision in the interests of tribespeople, forest eco-system, and environment, if the State government proceeded with the 163 MW hydroelectric project at Athirappilly, Bharatiya Janata Party State president Kummanam Rajasekharan has said. …
Udaipur: Their skills and efficiency can amuse anybody. One may be surprised to see how tactfully these 'lady engineers' check the circuit of a voltmeter or their cautious handling of soldering machines to fix LED bulbs to solar panels. It is even surprising when one comes to know that these …
Forest Department officials are struggling to control the fire that broke out in Kottamalaiyar beat in Sankarankovil Range in the Western Ghats on Wednesday night. After the fire broke out at Vazhukkodai Vazhukkuparai in Kottamalaiyar beat after 6 p.m., Chellaiah, president of Kaani Tribes’ Welfare Association, alerted the forest personnel. …
Tubers, pulses and millets are important for the livelihoods and nutrition of poor farmers, especially in fragile regions. These crops are not only underutilised, but are also underresearched. Ama Sangathan, a women federation consisting of 1200 indigenous women, have revived these crops in two blocks in Odisha, by their vibrant …
The share of uncultivated foods from the forest has gradually declined in the diets of Paharia tribes in Jharkhand. Initiatives like conservation, preservation, processing of uncultivated foods has helped them regain their position and enhance the dietary diversity of the communities, also addressing the issues of hunger and malnutrition. Original …
