Claims that poaching funds terror groups in East Africa may not be true

Accusations on tribals will divert attention from the illegal trade’s main facilitators, says a new report

Governors in the dock

They turn a blind eye to laws overriding tribal rights, complains national commission

Anganwadis in Attappady fail to deliver

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General points to neglect by state

Why environmental racism needs to have its moment

Tribal groups comprise 40-50% of the displaced population in India, and face the brunt of environment racism   

Too much of tamarind leaves Odisha’s tribals in a lurch

The state government has fixed Rs 3,600 per quintal as MSP; tribals are selling the excess at a much lower price to businessmen

How Adivasis of one Jharkhand village are trying to preserve ethnomedicine

With ‘civilisation’ and ‘modernity’ having made inroads into India’s tribal areas, its heritage of traditional …

Community forest resources: Sustainable use, state norms must

No guidelines for gram sabhas to conserve or manage forest areas so far

Tiger population doubles after tribals allowed to coexist in tiger reserve

The Soliga tribe in Karnataka is the first to have been allowed to continue living alongside tigers in reserved area

Jarawas: to protect or not

Government’s expert panel against bringing the tribe into the mainstream

Kerala tribals stand and protest for land

Demand the state government to fulfill its 2001 promise to give land to tribals

Tribal affairs ministry constitutes committee on CFR guidelines under FRA

It was doing this as there had been no progress reported by states in recognising habitat rights despite its repeated clarifications

Odisha on FRA claims: No time to collect evidence, no hearing, just rejection

The state has rejected 10,000 claims

FRA comes to the rescue of people displaced by Salwa Judum

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs decides to conduct a survey of the displaced people who had fled to Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, in order …

Adivasis in Jhargram fight a divided battle for the same aim in LS polls

In these General Elections, tribals in West Bengal are sparring among themselves over politicising their struggle for tribal rights

Centre to rejig minimum support for minor forest produce

But it would be better if instead of making changes on paper, the government implements the scheme well, say experts

Chhattisgarh, MP elections: Forest rights emerge as major issue

Activists send people’s manifesto to political parties asking them to empower the tribals by recognising their rights over land and forest …

Tribal ministry tells states to stop rejecting FRA claims on invalid grounds

In a letter dated June 27, Leena Nair, the then secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs had written to the chief secretaries of states raising …

Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists

Activists are calling for setting up of a multi-member judicial commission to do a comprehensive enquiry into the process of land acquisition, …

Supreme Court fines illegal miners in Odisha, directs fund to be used for tribal benefit in mining districts

Also directs Centre to revise National Mineral Policy to regulate mining effectively

Mahashweta Devi, a writer who became a voice of marginalised communities

Mahashweta Devi was not just an onlooker, but a responsible representative of the downtrodden and the ignored population of India

A provision in need of serious review

The Fifth Schedule has remained mired in confusion and politicking

Sinking in illicit liquor

Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families

Jharkhand Assembly passes resolution for separate identity code for tribals

If the Centre approves the Sarna code, the census would have a column for a new religion for tribals  

ICMR scientists identify new biomarker for malaria

Researchers from National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur has identified a genetic sequence in the body of malaria parasite

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world