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 …
This document summarizes the wealth of announcements on forests at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, including the New York Declaration on Forests, its associated voluntary Action Agenda, and a large number of supportive concrete action announcements. The New York Declaration on Forests is a non-legally binding political declaration that grew …
Following reports of malnutrition deaths from Baran, the Rajasthan government has decided to screen all the children, below the age of five, in the district. There are approximately 1.6 lakh children in this age group, and children from tribal communities, particularly Sahariya tribes, are severely undernourished. Health Minister Rajendra Rathore …
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel carried forward the 7th edition of Garib Kalyan Mela to Valsad district and distributed records of land rights to 7,000 tribals of six districts of the south Gujarat, said an official release, on Sunday. Patel also distributed benefits of various other schemes to the tribals during …
Odisha has set an ambitious target of providing drinking water through piped water scheme to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in 418 habitations situated mostly in difficult mountainous terrain. As many as 13 PVTGs have been identified in 542 habitations and the government has decided to cover all in this …
Ranchi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday that the Narendra Modi government was weighing amendments in the land acquisition act to speed up development projects. The announcement made activists in the state raise questions about rehabilitation package and human rights. Gadkari said many projects were delayed because of certain …
Outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples - draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly.
Four Peruvian tribal leaders have been killed on their way to a meeting to discuss ways to stop illegal logging. The men from the Ashaninka community were attempting to travel to Brazil when they were murdered, Campaigners say the men had received several death threats from illegal loggers, who are …
Forest Rights Act being reinterpreted to avoid amendment Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is discussing possible ways to do away with the mandatory requirement of securing consent from tribal gram sabhas (village councils) before cutting down their forests for industrial purposes. The …
Plains on the east coast of India can be wealthy only if the Eastern Ghats remain healthy and it is the responsibility of the public to conserve the ecological niche provided by these mountains, opined panelists at a seminar on environmental protection of Eastern Ghats on Thursday. Speaking on the …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Till about a year ago, 12-year-old B Madhavi, V Bharathi and Anjali Kumari had to trudge along the hilly terrain to fetch drinking water in metal pots from a stream nearly two to three kilometres away from their homes, not once but three to four times a day instead …
The state government on Monday offered a major relief to the 3 lakh residents of Prithviraj Nagar, revising the regularization plan for the colony, which included reduction of development and allotment charges. Acting on a high court directive, the Ashok Gehlot government too had launched an initiative to regularize and …
Industrial growth requires natural resources and impacts environment. India could do better by accounting for it rather than playing blind “We should manufacture goods with zero effect that they should not have a negative impact on the environment” – Narendra Modi on August 15. The single line in the Prime …
We identify policies that would provide a solid foundation in key international negotiations to ensure that primary forests persist into the 21st Century. A novel compilation of primary forest cover and other data revealed that protection of primary forests is a matter of global concern being equally distributed between developed …
Expert panel okays it without land demarcation or settling of tribal rights; also clears Rs 2,000-cr Kundaliya irrigation scheme in MP The long-pending Renuka Dam project has got approval from the forest advisory committee (FAC) of the Union ministry for environment, forests and climate change. This has been done without …
States have suggested 19 amendments to the land law. If all of them are made, the new law would end up being a copy of the previous one The Narendra Modi government is keen to amend the new Land Acquisition Act, but making land acquisition easier for industry on the …
The annual trade of small forest produce in Chhattisgarh has now reached an estimated of Rs850 crore, thanks to sufficient quantity of about 160 varieties of small forest produce available in State’s forests. The State Government has now also handed over the responsibility of procurement and trade of forest produce …
South Zone-level Tribal Meet 2014 organised in Salem Various tribal associations have demanded that Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 be implemented in Tamil Nadu and parts of South India without further delay. This was one of the resolutions passed during the South …
Rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects relaxed Through a quick series of notifications, the Union environment ministry has eased rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects and other industrial sectors. It has diluted a host of regulations related to environment, forest and tribal rights. Besides, sources in …
ERODE: More than 100 people including women and children fell ill with a mysterious fever in Kadambur, a forest hamlet in Sathyamangalam reserve forest in Erode district. According to villagers, they have been suffering from fever and joint pains for the past one month. Meanwhile, the district administration immediately sent …
