Mendha Lekha gets record bamboo rate

Earns 2.5 times more than what the highest rate received by the forest department last year

Another Maharashtra village demands community forest rights

Tribal village Pachgaon to follow Mendha Lekha; to hold bamboo sale as protest to gain community forest rights

New rules to make FRA effective

Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights

FRA guidelines to help forest dwellers freely trade in minor forest produce

Tribals and forest dwellers don’t need to obtain transit passes to cart away the produce; minimum support price scheme for MFPs to be in …