Arresting tactics

A social activist who investigated the Bastar forest scam lands up in police custody

Facing eviction

A World Bank project might leave over three lakh tribal families homeless

Support withdrawn

Tiger controversy

In spate

Narmada dam row rages

Gagged no more

Tunnel vision

Indore banks solely on rainwater harvesting, lands in a hole

Sea change

In MP's stance on river linking

Buying rights

Traders up in arms over direct purchase from farmers

Submerged in rhetoric

Narmada evokes emotions, not negotiation

Narendra Modi to ‘launch’ cheetahs into Kuno-Palpur on his birthday

The Kuno National Park has brought in 238 chitals from Pench and Narsingarh Wildlife Sanctuaries to increase prey base in the cheetah enclosure …

Tribal Education: How Bhils in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh set an example through ‘Jeevan Shala’

They established and have been running a number of schools in central India’s tribal areas for 30 years, despite government opposition

I don’t feel hungry: How food inflation is gnawing at Madhya Pradesh’s Sahariya tribe  

The Sahariya were always bedevilled by malnutrition; soaring food prices have made them extremely vulnerable

No meat, more wheat: How tribal diets are changing in Madhya Pradesh

Poor financial conditions, reliance on public distribution system among factors that drove change, reduced dietary diversity 

Traditionally secure: The Baigas and their uncultivated foods

People belonging to the Baiga tribe mostly depend on forests and its plants for their livelihood. They possess the ability to recognise hundreds …

Millet processing units in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh to give impetus to farmers

Processing is difficult and rural women often feel the burden of this onerous task. To help them, both states have set up processing units

DTE Exclusive: Two Namibian cheetahs released into the wild at Kuno National Park

Oban and Asha have gone only half a kilometre from the boma or enclosure they had been housed in since the past 6 months

Fishermen move out as output of fish in MP’s Bargi reservoir falls

The reservoir produced 432 tonnes of fish in 1994-95; it produced only 28 tonnes in 2020-21  

Growing up stunted

Stunting, which reflects chronic undernutrition, is very high among tribal children in Madhya Pradesh. They can get nutritive foods from forests, …

Ravines of Chambal : taking back the badlands

Down to Earth looks at how ravines are affecting villages in Chambal and how communities in this region are involved in recovering these lands

In-principle approval accorded to four new tiger reserves

The new reserves are Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), Sunabeda (Odisha), Guru Ghasidas (Chhattisgarh) and Orang (Assam)

The range of rage

How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already …

To feed the cattle of the West

Extensive soya bean cultivation in Madhya Pradesh to supply fodder to the West has cut a swathe of degradation

Far too many irrelevant details

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Leaf storm

The issue of allowing tribals to use forest produce is under debate in the corridors of power