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 …
In 2012 the world lost more than 20 million hectares of forest, adding to the threats faced by hundreds of millions of tropical-forest-dependent people, including at least 350 million indigenous people, who inhabit, use, have customary rights to, and rely on forests for their identity and survival as distinct peoples. …
The tribal affairs ministry has objected to an order by its environment counterpart that allows diversion of forest land for linear projects without seeking consent from local village councils as laid down in the forest rights act. At a meeting last week, tribal affairs secretary Hrushikesh Panda and senior officials …
Tell govt-appointed panel to prepare policy in favour of small ones Tribals in the snowbound Lahaul-Spiti district Wednesday rejected the construction of big hydro power projects, pleading that the projects would lead to an eco-disaster in the eco-fragile valley. They expressed their views in Udaipur and Keylong before the state …
The drinking water and sanitation ministry has set a target of installing 20,000 solar power-based pumping systems in tribal and inaccessible hamlets/ habitation during this financial year to provide potable piped water to the locals. In such areas, piped drinking water is almost impossible due to non-availability of electricity. As …
Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in India 2013 is second in the series prepared by the Statistics Division of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. This publication provides a comprehensive overview in addition to detailed data on Scheduled tribe population of the country. This document contains information relating to some key …
Visakhapatnam: Five members of a family were buried alive at a village near Araku, of Visakhapatnam rural district, as their house got caught in a mudslide due to Cyclone Hudhud. Though the incident took place on the evening of October 12, officials came to know about it on the night …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is playing wish-fulfilling genie to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In an effort to improve the business climate in the country, the PMO accepted a wish list of 60 proposals which would help streamline clearances for industry from CII and 30 of them have …
The 126-mw Chhatru hydroelectric project, the world’s highest project at 11,326 ft, on the Chandra river in Lahaul-Spiti, has got the environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, setting a stage for the first-ever run-of-the-river project in the country. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the ministry at …
Sapparla (GK Veedhi): At an anti-bauxite meeting conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Girijana Sangham (APGS) in the Visakha Agency on Wednesday, tribals warned the state government that they would sacrifice their lives but not allow bauxite mining. Around 700 to 800 tribals from 30 villages in Ammavari Darakonda and Galikonda …
* “Amend the new Land Acquisition Act to safeguard tribal land and disallow acquisition by a non-tribal, including private companies.” * “Make gram sabha consent mandatory for acquisition of land, even by the government for its own use.” * “Introduce penalties to prevent deliberate flouting of the Forest Rights Act, …
Coal miners may have an easier time dealing with the environment ministry, which is trying to relax restrictions and reduce the forest area where mineral extraction is forbidden, but mining firms could face other hurdles, officials said. Companies would still have to satisfy villagers as required under the Forest Rights …
It could take a year or more for redistribution of the coal blocks if environment and forest clearances are made mandatory The Supreme Court's (SC) decision to cancel allocated coal blocks is the break the government required to reset how green clearances are given for coal mining. The SC cancelled …
The national animal, tiger, has all but disappeared from the newest state in the country. The situation is so alarming that wildlife officials say there is a very real danger of the tiger going locally extinct in Telangana in the next two or three years. In the latest census conducted …
In view of increasing threat of climate change, extreme whether conditions, and recent financial crisis there has been a concern for augmenting agriculture and food supply to growing population, particularly to the rural areas. Fortunately the communities living near biodiversity rich areas depend on wide variety of plant resources for …
Multiple strategies are being adopted by national tuberculosis (TB) programmes to achieve universal coverage of tuberculosis treatment. However, populations living in ‘hard-to-reach’ areas of north-east India have poor access to health services. Our study aimed to detail treatment outcomes in TB program supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and using …
US to pay Native Americans $1bn Obama pledge to Native Americans The US government has agreed to pay $554m (£339m) to the Native American Navajo tribe to settle a legal dispute. It is the largest payment ever made by the government to a single tribe. The litigation included claims that …
Andhra Pradesh Tribal and Social Welfare Minister Revela Kishore Babu said here today that the state government has not taken any decision on bauxite mining in agency areas in the state. Addressing a press conference here today, he said that there is no proposal pending with the government on bauxite …
The ministry raises concerns that Forest Rights Act doesn't provide any exception to the need for tribal consent to divert their traditional forest lands for industrial projects The tribal affairs ministry has taken on the Union environment ministry afresh. It has warned that the Forest Rights Act does not provide …
