NDA introduces changes in MGNREGA

Rural development ministry to make social audit compulsory; create more durable assets in blocks and districts, instead of villages

Mother of three wages lone battle against sand mining lobby

Jazeera along with her three children has been sitting in protest from June 14 in front of government offices, demanding protection of Kerala's …

Vilappil residents force police to retreat

Kerala village panchayat demands permanent closure of waste treatment plant

Anti-POSCO leader loses in Odisha election

Does that mean people in the region are pro-industrialisation as claimed by victorious Biju Janata Dal candidate?

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Seven Maharashtra villages protest dam

Compensation too meagre, say Melghat tribals

Bundelkhand's dalit women join hands to drought-proof their villages

96 women-led pani panchayats take over water resource management

Repeal or amend CAF: tribal organisations

A petition by tribal organisations says the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act violates constitutional rights and affects livelihoods of …

Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder

The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights 

Jazeera’s sit-in protest against coastal sand mining enters third month

Mother of three has been sitting outside Kerala’s state secretariat since August 2; her children attend school from protest site and sleep …

Lawyer cum RTI activist who exposed MGNREGA scam in Bihar shot dead

Police accused of not providing protection to victim Ram Kumar Thakur and helping village mukhiya, the prime accused in the murder

Tribals block steel city Rourkela for a day

Odisha’s third largest city has taken over a few tribal villages so that it can function as a municipal corporation

SC dismisses petition demanding exclusion of Sundargarh from purview of municipal Act

Activists say judgement is a setback for tribal communities who are being denied special status and land rights granted by the Constitution

Hazaribagh villages up against Reliance Power

Maha-panchayat resolves not to allow its coal mining project in Jharkhand

Andhra Pradesh introduces lottery system for allotting sand mining leases

State’s new sand policy replaces auction system for allotting leases and bans inter-state transportation of sand

The panchayat outrage

It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …

CRPF for garbage trucks?

Kerala High Court suggests CRPF protection for garbage trucks dumping Thiruvanthapuram's waste in village

Village at POSCO site seeks community forest rights

Reiterates demand against diversion of forestland for industry, under amended Forest Rights Act rules

Jharkhand-based coalition calls for mass protests against decision to open coal sector

The Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha is also irked due to Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s decision to support the Centre’s move

Critiquing globalisation

In Churning the Earth, The Making of Global India, environmentalist Ashish Kothari and economist Aseem Shrivastava put India's much-hyped growth …

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

Rehabilitation of Uttarakhand disaster-affected top priority for new chief minister

People displaced by floods and landslides last summer spent harsh winter months in makeshift tents

MPs funds to now be used to develop over 2,000 ‘model’ villages

Ministry of rural development will channelise MPs’ funds through different schemes for Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

Demolition orders for Banyan Tree luxury resort

Seven-star deluxe villa resort was built on an islet in Vembanad backwaters, a Ramsar site, with full cooperation of state agencies

Halfway through

Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise