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 …
Toxic levels of mercury dumped in Amazon rivers gets into food chain, posing serious health risk to children, study finds Indigenous children in Peru's south eastern Amazon, an area where tens of thousands of illegal gold miners operate, have unsafe mercury concentrations over three times the level of their non-native …
‘Implementation of new Land acquisition law will end displacement of tribals’ Criticising public sector undertakings (PSUs) for the displacement of many tribals, Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Sunday blamed their actions for the growth of Naxalism in various States and reiterated that the era of “forcible land acquisition” …
In a major boost to the North–East tourism sector, Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi has approved Central Finance Assistance (CFA) to various tourism development projects in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland. In order to promote tourism in Arunachal Pradesh, the Centre sanctioned an amount of Rs 463.34 …
Analysing the problem-ridden process of implementing the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha, this paper points out that it has focused more on providing land rights to individual claimants, neglecting community forest rights, the rights in protected areas, and other such provisions. Even so, the number of titles granted to …
The historic Land Acquisition Bill on Wednesday moved another step closer to becoming a law with Rajya Sabha approving the legislation which seeks to provide fair and just compensation to farmers and to those who lose livelihood on account of acquisition. The new law will apply to all Special Economic …
The fate of the 400-MW Seli hydropower project on the Chenab here has run into rough weather. Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri has written to Jayanthi Natrajan, Union Minister for Environment and Forests (MOEF), saying the project "will destroy more than 2 lakh trees in the eco-sensitive zone". He also …
At least three persons, including a two-year-old, have allegedly died of diarrhoea at Dagamaha and Taparangia villages under Kandhamal's Daringibadi block in the last one week. Several others are reportedly suffering from the water-borne disease in these villages. While two persons of a family died at Taparangia village, a two-year-old …
This is a study of three villages in the Aravalli Hills of south Haryana, which have full title over the common lands and forests and have taken three radically different alternatives. One community, Mangar, is on the verge of losing the battle to the allure of real estate. The second …
The food fortification project, aimed at reducing malnutrition, anemia and blindness and also to curb maternal and infant mortality rates, is actively being implemented in state. Food materials like milk flour and oil are made nutritious under the programme. Nations like US had made food fortification compulsory since 1930s. Project …
In a major victory, tribal people in Maharashtra’s Thane district have managed to get information on forest land titles through the Right to Information Act. They were demanding this information for months, with over a thousand of them going on a “RTI Satyagraha” in April. Finally, the State’s Chief Information …
New Delhi : Even as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi talks about reaching out to all marginalised sections, including tribals, Gujarat has cleared merely 32 per cent of claims under the landmark Forest Rights Act, and ranks among second from the bottom of the list of states in disposal of …
It suggests implementation of health, nutrition and development programmes A study by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on the death of tribal infants in Attappady noted that “high maternal under-nutrition of 48 per cent of adult women leading to chronic energy deficiency” resulted in the death of a large …
The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government inform it of the steps it proposes to take to ensure that the funds earmarked for tribal welfare actually reached the beneficiaries. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice K R Shriram has asked the state to …
The last and 12th gram sabha held in Jarapa village in Rayagada district rejected the proposal for bauxite mining on Niyamgiri hills. Of the 16 voters of Jarapa village, 12 persons, including six women and six men from eight families, took part in the proceedings of the gram sabha. All …
Virginius Xaxa-headed commission to also examine mining in tribal areas The government has set up a commission – its third since independence --to examine various issues of development and welfare of tribals, including the contentious issue of mining in tribal-dominated areas. Headed by sociologist and National Advisory Council member Virginius …
Tribals in all the 11 villages of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, where gram sabhas were held earlier, have voted against the mining project The last gram sabha to decide the fate of bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri hills will take place on Monday at Jarapa village in Rayagda district. Like …
Relocation of a few tribal villages from the Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Adilabad district as an important measure towards improvement of the habitat has once again come to the fore following the recent submission of a technical report on monitoring of tiger prey in its core area. Stressing upon …
Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has given Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) the green light for selling power to a remote village in Karnataka that borders with Kannur district in Kerala. Makkoottam village in Karnataka is about 4km away from the Kerala border. Electricity has not reached this village where …
Similar to the outcome of earlier gram sabhas, tribals at the 11th gram sabha held at Khambesi village in Rayagada district on Tuesday rejected the proposal of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) to mine Niyamgiri hills. "We are culturally and religiously attached with the hills. We don't want to part with …
The Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS), campaigning against the environmental clearance to Mahan Coal Ltd (a joint venture of Essar and Hindalco), has on Tuesday asked the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to explain about the non-implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) in the forests of Singrauli by the company. Two …
