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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Themrei Tuithung & Ors. V/s State of Manipur & Ors. dated 20/11/2013 regarding proposal made by the Government of Manipur for construction of a multipurpose hydroelectric project (Thoubal Multipurpose Hydroelectric). When the second stage of the project has to be …
In the tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh, around 20,000 people are awaiting allotment of 'nautor' land for last 15-20 years. Seeing no end to their wait due to the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), which came into force in 1980, now tribals are demanding that either the Act be amended or …
Deo Raises Issues Concerning Tribal People Pune: Corporate interests in mining pose the biggest threat to tribal communities, which has triggered an upsurge in left-wing extremism in certain areas, Union minister for tribal affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo said here on Tuesday. “The issue of mining by corporations in scheduled …
More than five years after the Forest Rights Act, 2006, was implemented in the country, Union minister for tribal affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo said its execution was slow. “The implementation of the act is the responsibility of the state governments which I found to be rather slow and tardy,” …
Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced a new partnership with a charity that will protect 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of rainforest in Peru. The retailer has signed a partnership with UK-based rainforest protection charity Cool Earth, that will ensure the protection of one million trees in the Amazon. In addition …
Petition filed by two doctors from Amravati seeking contempt action against the state and its chief secretary for not acting on the orders of the HC The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit by November 20 informing what steps it had taken to prevent …
The rights of settlement and conversion of all forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages etc. into revenue villages has been recognized as one of the forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers on all forest lands under Section 3(1)(h) of the Scheduled Tribes and other …
An indigenous community opposed to Goldcorp's copper and gold El Morro mine in northern Chile is poised to present at least one new legal action against the project this month, the group's lawyer told Reuters on Monday. The $3.9 billion mine was given the green light again last month, after …
In a bid to grant relief to the traditional coastal inhabitants, whose houses were identified by the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) authorities for demolition, the Goa government has sought permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for regularization of such dwellings, existing in the CRZ area prior to …
The Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP) will distribute 22,974 field testing kits (FTK) to upper primary schools in the district, enabling them to check the quality of water being supplied to their tanks and taps to prevent waterborne diseases. The state government has decided to supply the FTKs to Zilla Parishad …
A conference of non-government organisations pursing environment issues at Reckong Peo has called for a moratorium on all hydro power projects proposed to be constructed in the geologically fragile Kinnaur district. The conference was held in the wake of the disaster caused by heavy rain in June this year. Those …
Forest department to involve tribal people living in reserve forest area At last count, Erode district had a forest cover of 2,27,678 hectares — 1,45,531 in Sathyamangalam division and 82,147 in Erode division — accounting for 27.7 per cent of the district’s geographical area of 5,722 square kilometres. The area …
The Environment and Forests Ministry will soon take the final call on Vedanta’s mining of Niyamgiri hills, with the Odisha government having sent the gram sabha resolutions to the Centre for a decision. The Supreme Court directed that the gram sabhas of the affected villages be asked for their consent …
Vapi: After distributing benefits worth crores of rupees in Garib Kalyan Melas in tribal areas of south Gujarat, Narendra Modi government is again trying to woo the tribal electorate in south Gujarat ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections. On Monday, the state government will allocate land under Forest Rights Act …
The State Government has decided to provide drinking water to villages inhabited by the primitive tribal groups (PTGs). PTGs like Bonda of Malkangiri and Lanjia Saura of Rayagada and Gajapati districts have already been included in the proposal. An estimate of total Rs 97 crore has been made for implementation …
Central Executive Committee of All India Kisan Mazdoor Sahba (AIKMS) met on Oct 7 and resolved that the "Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013" is a pro-corporate, anti-farmer law. AIKMS has called upon farmers' organizations to oppose this new law and raise …
The government has decided to formulate a Solar Energy Policy to facilitate speedy harnessing of the solar power potential and help the state meet the mandatory renewable power purchase obligation. The state has so far not made any headway in the solar power sector and as a result the electricity …
“We don’t know how the villagers can consent to diversion of forest land five days after denouncing it” It all started with great excitement — organising groups, motivating young women to lead from the front, guarding the village borders to prevent vote buying through gifts — for it seemed important …
Encourage Tribals In Attappadi To Grow & Eat Vegetables In a bid to check malnutrition-related infant deaths in Attapadi, Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition, has recommended a slew of measures in a report submitted to the state government. They include referral fund for anganwadis to transfer emergency cases or …
The Reang tribe in Tripura, which practised shifting cultivation and still does to an extent, faces serious problems with the state government implementing measures to turn them into settled cultivators. This essay points out that government programmes have widened social disparities among the Reangs and brought in alternatives that cannot …
