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 …
Agra: Suffering decades of government apathy and embarrassment due to open defecation, hundreds of women from the Kanjara community staged a massive protest outside a local police station at Bah on Tuesday and demanded immediate construction of toilets . Around 250 of them said harassment caused by open defecation is …
BHUBANESWAR: A wildlife official in Chattisgarh on Wednesday rejected claims that tribes living in a tiger sanctuary inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book were being forced from their ancestral land to protect the endangered animals. Indigenous rights group Survival International says the Baiga tribes in the Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary …
Civil society organizations and Peru government institutions say United Cacao is operating illegally, but the company denies it A delegation from Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia and Peru on a tour of Europe this month. Two members presented a letter and report to the London Stock Exchange urging that a cacao company …
After years of delay, Brazil has approved the creation of a sprawling reserve that would protect a highly vulnerable tribe of isolated nomads along one of the most volatile frontier regions in the Amazon rain forest. Tribal rights activists are hailing the decision, which will set in motion the labor-intensive …
All MoUs were cancelled but APMDC seeks changes in them. Visakhapatnam: The state government has gone all out to take the credit for cancelling the MoUs the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government had entered into with two private companies on the supply of bauxite ore, mined in Vizag Agency by the …
The Centre’s plans to spend nearly Rs. 42,000 crore under the afforestation programme now hang in the balance The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill listed for business in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing parliamentary session has been postponed to the monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh told …
Bhubaneswar: Despite the state government's claim of substantial reduction of poverty, a recent official statement has revealed that many children, a large section of them from the tribal belt, are malnourished. According to the government's own estimates, produced by women and child development minister Usha Devi in a written reply …
Shimla: The decision of National Green Tribunal (NGT) to refer the 130MW Kashang hydropower project in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh back to the affected gram sabhas has left tribal residents opposing the project. Even the green activists feel that now, it would not be possible for the state government …
The MoUs that were cancelled were signed with Jindal South West Ltd (JSW) in 2005 and Anrak Ltd. Visakhapatnam: In a twist to the tale, social and tribal welfare minister Ravela Krishna Babu had dropped enough indications that the state government has not totally backtracked on the contentious bauxite mining …
Representatives of several opposition parties have come together to criticise the government for continuing to try and dilute the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, which makes it mandatory to get consent of tribals before using of their traditional forestlands. Jitendra Chaudhury, CPI(M) member of Parliament from Tripura, shared copies …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of People's Rights & Social Research Centre & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/05/2016. The case relates to tribals residing in Madhya Pradesh who had gone to work in quartz/stone crushing factories situated in Godhra, Gujarat and …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Forests Villages, 02/05/2016. The number of Forest Villages, total population in the forest villages and ST population in the Forest Villages State/UT wise is placed at Annex I. This Ministry has issued guidelines on conversion of forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages etc. into …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tribal Population, 02/05/2016. As per Census 2011, State / UT -wise and tribe-wise details of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country are given at Annexure I. Percentage of Scheduled Tribe persons below poverty line, State-wise and at all India level for the year 2011-12 …
VADODARA: On 57th Foundation Day, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Sunday said her government has decided to make 300 villages across the state self-reliant on the lines of smart cities. "Now that the concept of Smart Cities has reached Smart Villages, the government decided to make 300 villages self-reliant, …
Although India had some successes in controlling malaria from the time of independence, it still faces a substantial socio-economic burden from this disease. This paper presents a case study of a highly endemic primary health centre with an annual parasite incidence of 30.9 in the tribal regions of Andhra Pradesh. …
The Government of Odisha has filed an interlocutory application on February 25, 2016, before the Supreme Court for giving Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) permission to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri. This has been referred now to a three-member bench and a decision is awaited to come by April. It may be …
International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies document poorer outcomes for Indigenous peoples compared with benchmark populations, but have been restricted in their coverage of countries or the …
Indigenous people in the Philippines are calling on the government to authorise a force of tribal rangers to help preserve the country's forests and curb climate change. Forest management and protection are an important part of the Philippines' strategy to reduce its carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030, a …
Two years into the ban on rat hole mining, other than dealing with the transportation of extracted coal after payment of royalty periodically, hurdles are aplenty before NGT lifts the ban once and for all. It was on April 17, 2014 that the NGT in an interim order banned the …
Recent SC order enlivens the hopes of people living in five Kaani hamlets Kaani tribals living in five settlements in the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli district may get patta for the lands under their possession and cultivation as a recent ruling by the Supreme Court has paved way for the …
