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 …
With the new Land Act coming in force from Wednesday, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh sought to alley apprehensions of the industry in purchase of land. The minister said that there is no bar whatsoever on purchase of private land. The new law on land has replaced the earlier …
New Delhi : The MB Shah Inquiry Commission has estimated the size of illegal iron ore mining in Orissa at Rs 60,000 crore and has said half of the profits from mines in the state should go to the local population. The commission has, however, let off large mining companies …
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices to be implemented by government ministries, dam financiers, and dam builders. The guide takes the position that the most …
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices to be implemented by government ministries, dam financiers, and dam builders. The guide takes the position that the most …
BHOPAL: 28% of Madhya Pradesh's urban population lives in slum areas, says the Census 2011 data released by directorate of census, on Thursday. Data released by the directorate say that slum area has been identified in 303 towns out of the total 304 statutory towns, in which 28.34 % of …
KORAPUT: The Koraput Forest Development Agency (KFDA) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dabur India Limited to procure minor forest produces (MFP) from tribals for 2013-14. This will help tribals in getting a correct price for their products. "Earlier, middlemen used to exploit the tribals. Agents roamed …
This is an eco-sensitive zone, involving massive infrastructure, they say Around 50 environmentalists from across the country have written to the Union Environment Ministry that Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Statue of Unity, envisaging a 182- metre statue of Sardar Patel inside Narmada river, 3.2 km downstream of Sardar …
The unilateral decision by union ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) to convert forest villages into revenue villages even in national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves has been termed 'illegal' by wildlife conservationists. On November 8, 2013, MoTA issued a circular reminding the states to convert all forest villages, old habitations, …
This mine, allotted to Hindalco, is spread over 270 acre land Tribals at Koraput in Odisha have threatened to intensify their stir, if Hindalco went ahead with its plan of resuming bauxite mining at Mali Parbat. The mine used to feed the company’s aluminium plant at Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh. …
22,000 Hectares To Get Drowned Mumbai: A dozen dams planned to provide water in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will affect at least a lakh tribal people and submerge more than 22,000 hectares of land. Nearly 7,000 hectares of forests, lakhs of trees and more than 750 hectares of the …
Draft report: Multiple Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Unjustified projects, when better options exist. About 12 dams are planned or are under construction to satisfy the increasing thirst of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). All of these dams fall in eco-sensitive region of …
This is a report of the national level public hearing on community forest rights. The Public Hearing was organised by CFR-LA and AJAM along with other people’s networks and forums on the 14th of December 2013 at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. Nearly 250 participants from national and …
Strict timelines being forced for every step taken in the State or Central government The forest clearance process for industry and projects is likely to be overhauled and eased soon, with strict timelines being forced for every step taken in the State or Central government to deal with proposals to …
Tigers are getting too close for comfort: three human deaths in five days have once more brought the man-animal conflict into focus. Statistics with TOI show the state has seen 30 human deaths since April this year. While 23 were killed in elephant attacks, the rest succumbed to attacks by …
Multiple dams are planned and are under construction on the west flowing rivers near Mumbai for the growing drinking and industrial water needs of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). In the media and in official MMR discussions, these projects are portrayed as …
The Severe Cyclonic Storm Lehar turned into a ‘Deep depression’ and crossed coast near Machilipatnam at around 2 p.m. on Thursday. There was no human loss and no significant damage to standing crops. Over 9,000 people, mostly from fishermen community, were evacuated while another 8,000 in the seven coastal mandals …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that proposals in the Solar Energy Policy of the government for use of tribal land for solar and other renewable energy projects would not lead to alienation of tribal lands. Replying to questions at his weekly Cabinet briefing, the Chief Minister said …
The aluminium maker has pact with L&T; to source bauxite for its Lanjigarh refinery Vedanta Resources Plc Chairman, Anil Agarwal, accompanied with L&T; chief A M Naik, today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to press for early disposal of L&T;’s application for grant of mining lease for Sijumali and Kutrumali …
A two-year-old tribal child died of a mysterious disease at Munda Sahi of Swam village in Patna area of the district on Monday. Including this, five tribal kids have died in the village in last three weeks. The child was identified as Runa Munda. He succumbed at Patna community health …
Bhopal: The turf war between man and beast has come to the fore in the heat of the Madhya Pradesh elections. With forest employees on election duty and nobody to keep vigil at the Pench Tiger Reserve in Seoni, tribals of the area nearly killed two big cats that strayed …
