Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam
A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing
Rise in atrocities against forest-dwellers during COVID-19 crisis, flags report
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said
Modi's victory may mean push for Ken-Betwa river-link project
There is enough evidence that the project would be an environmental blunder, say activists
Panem agrees to honour promises made to tribal people
Supporters of former Jharkhand chief minister cut off firm's coal supplies to Punjab to force it to hold talks
Mendha Lekha residents gift all their farms to gram sabha
Village does away with private ownership of land, saying it will lead to a stronger community.
11 hectares of Lavasa project land to be restored to tribals
Order to return land to two tribals of Mugaon village brightens hope of 15 other tribal people fighting to get back their land
Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals
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
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Tribal affairs minister asks Andhra chief minister to cancel bauxite mining leases
Says the leases violate Constitution
Bilaspur coal washery expansion opposed
Public hearing that gave its consent stage-managed, say residents
‘Periods don't stop for pandemics, neither should our activism’
Srilekha Chakraborty, the woman behind menstrual health campaign #PeriodsPeCharcha, talks about introducing changes in ways menstrual health is …
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
‘Dilution of forest rights, interference by environment ministry unconstitutional’
Tribal groups raise concerns regarding delay in recognition of Community Forest Rights
Tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has declined: census report
Government and academic differ on reasons for decline
A march to highlight land struggles in India
Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year
The International Year of Millets is an opportunity to improve indigenous kids’ nutrition
About 4.7 million tribal children in the country suffer from chronic nutrition deprivation
How central Indian tribes cope with climate change impacts
Faced with erratic rainfall and extreme weather, tribal farmers of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh turn to bewar and penda forms of cultivation, …
Where is POSCO headed?
Odisha government has completed land acquisition for plant site but proposed mining in Khandadhar hills might stir up another struggle
18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
Sulking contractors refuse to put in auction bids; state tribal development corporation to the rescue
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
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 …
‘Forest department is the encroacher’
When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…