Displaced from the hills: Livelihoods of tribal communities in Eastern Ghats under threat
Importance of biodiversity for communities dependant on agriculture has assumed greater significance with new farm laws, which may result in …
How the Act governing the Statue of Unity area violates the Constitution and the PESA Act
The provisions take away the autonomy of the tribal population to manage resources
Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia
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People’s rights and status of forest in limbo for 53 years in Andhra Pradesh
The rights of the people were supposed to be settled under Section 4 of the Indian Forest Act; but they were not, eventually
Tribal ministry panels draft fresh guidelines for community forest, habitat rights
Gram Sabhas may get more power in managing community forest, habitat
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 …
Education for tribals: Bottlenecks and the way forward
Recognising tribal culture, language, cognitive strength, curriculum and inherent learning ability of children can revamp tribal education system
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
We break indigenous societies and yet are scared of ‘them’
Two tribal rights activists urge civil society to protect indigenous families facing the onslaught of inhuman greed and extreme apathy
Inter-ministerial panel for FRA: A giant step backwards, say experts
Forest experts raise concern over the Union environment ministry assuming central role in matters originally meant for the tribal ministry
Kerala’s Kadars continue fight for assertion of their community forest rights
Their Gram Sabhas have passed resolutions under the Forest Rights Act as work has progressed on the Anakkayam Small Hydro Power Project
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
Inter-ministerial committee formed in September to look into FRA implementation
The committee has to meet regularly to come up with suggestions on the way forward regarding the implementation problems of FRA
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
Pro-poor schemes in plenty, but no end to tribal community struggles
Governance has virtually collapsed in tribal regions; most welfare and development schemes hardly reach even 10% of the targets
औषधीय व गुणकारी पानी दाहशमनी के बारे में जानते हैं आप?
औषधियां, जो सामान्य पानी को खुशबूदार और स्वास्थ्यवर्धक पेय में बदलकर जीवन में नई स्फूर्ति पैदा करती हैं
Adivasis account for 13% of total convicts, 10% of total under-trials, shows data
This number did reduce by a small margin, compared to data from 2001, but the disproportionate percentage of Adivasis in prison is just the tip …
COVID-19 warriors: How a woman in a tribal village shared vegetables from her kitchen garden
Krishna Mawasi, who lives in Kailhora village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, claims to have helped the hungry and destitute during the lockdown
आपदा में अवसर : महामारी के दौर में देश में 45 जगह जबरन बेदखली
एचएलआरएन की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, मार्च से जुलाई के बीच देशभर में 20 हजार से अधिक लोग जबरन बेदखल किए गए
Breaking the cycle of poverty: Financial freedom for tribal women
For tribal communities, financial freedom translates into financial literacy, with which comes the access to various government safety nets and rights
Genocide uncovered
Deeply embedded in the battle for land and pastoral hegemony, the first genocide of the 20th century—Namibia's Herero and Nama tribes by …
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
वनाधिकार के 5.5 लाख दावे समीक्षा के बाद खारिज
यह जानकारी 14 राज्यों ने जनजातीय मामलों के मंत्रालय को दी, पश्चिम बंगाल में 92 प्रतिशत दावे खारिज
States reject 543,432 FRA claims in suo motu review
West Bengal has rejected around 92 per cent of all the reviewed claims
मध्यप्रदेश में 55 हजार से अधिक ग्रामीणों पर विस्थापन का खतरा
जल विद्युत परियोजनाओं से विस्थापित हुए हजारों परिवारों का अब तक राज्य सरकार पुनर्वास नहीं कर पाई है
