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Indigenous people's way of life holds key to peace in a war-torn world: President MurmuPresident Droupadi Murmu stated that indigenous people's connection with nature offers peace. Their traditions of worshipping earth and tre...
Kagaz mitao, Adhikaar churao: Rahul Gandhi's new slogan against BJP over "missing" forest rights titles in ChhattisgarhCongress MP Rahul Gandhi has accused the BJP of disenfranchising Bahujans by manipulating voter lists and erasing Adivasi forest rights, pa...
Government committed to development, empowerment of tribal communities: Prakash JavadekarIn an event, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs jointly decided to ensure the implementation of the Forest Righ...
1.75 million forest rights claims rejected by state governmentsThe latest statistics of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, accessed by ET, reveal that 20 states have rejected 17,52,553 claims under the Sch...
Over 5 lakh tribals, other forest dwellers whose claims had been rejected, could face evictionThe exercise, following a February 2019 interim Supreme Court order to check the number of tribals, whose claims had been rejected under th...
Only a few hundred illegal squatters among 2 mn rejected forest rights claimsThe Supreme Court, which had told states to complete reviews of claim rejections within four months, will hear the case on July 12.
Tribal Eviction: No intervention or survey till June, says ministry of tribal affairsThe state govt had been provided with a format and asked to check how many forest dwellers did not have rightful claims and could face evic...
Centre to handhold states on tribal eviction caseThe ministry of tribal affairs would hold a national conference on March 6 (Wednesday) to ensure effective implementation of Supreme Court ...
SC to hear Centre's plea seeking stay on possible eviction of tribals, forest dwellersThe apex court was dealing with a batch of petitions on the issue that were filed for over a period since 2006.
SC seeks details of states' action on misuse of forest landSupreme Court sought details of action taken by states against those who wrongly claimed forest land as traditional forest dwellers under a...
- Subhas Chandra Bose: Netaji's role among forest dwellers needs deeper study, says Jairam Ramesh
Netaji's role in fostering a sense of awareness among forest dwellers had not been explored properly and deserved a deeper study, said Jair...
- Orissa submits assurance report to MoEF to clear hurdles for Posco's steel plant
The Orissa government shot off a letter to the MoEF assuring that no tribal inhabitants and OTFDs were living at the proposed Posco project...
- Protest may queer pitch for Odisha Govt's Posco assurance report
The Odisha state government has said that it will submit its assurance that there are no tribals or traditional forest dwellers in Posco pr...
- Orissa to submit reply on Posco project to centre next week
Naveen Patnaik has approved the documents to be sent to the MoEF on proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006.
- Orissa likely to submit its reply on Posco project next week
Orissa govet maintained that there was no tribal inhabitant or traditional forest dwellers in the villages demarcated for Posco's plant.
- Protests to prolong Posco wait
The final forest clearance for the South Korean steel-maker Posco’s integrated steel plant and captive port project in Orissa may have to w...
- 'Some states lag behind in implementing Forest Act'
Despite several advisories from the Centre, over a dozen states lag behind in implementation of the provisions of the Act granting rights o...
- STs, forest dwellers in MP given rights over forest lands
Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers in Madhya Pradesh have been given rights over forest lands through the new Act frame...
- Govt notifies implementation of Forest Rights Act
The Centre today issued a notification for implementing the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes Forest Rights Act which gives the forest dwe...
- Govt notifies implementation of Forest Rights Act
The Centre on Tuesday issued a notification for implementing the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes Forest Rights Act which gives the fores...