Over 150 groups ask Tribal Affairs Ministry to withdraw guidelines 'undermining' Gram Sabha powersOver 150 tribal rights groups have urged the Tribal Affairs Ministry to withdraw recent guidelines. They claim these guidelines weaken the ...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.39 PM IST
Ahead of Gujarat polls, Kejriwal promises sops for tribalsKejriwal also guaranteed that Gujarat's tribal advisory committee would be headed by a person from the community instead of the chief minis...
07 Aug, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
Decision yet to be taken on high-level panel report on tribal welfareThe report also noted that there was severe under- representation of STs in central government services.
28 Jun, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
Odisha to launch Rs 795 crore worth tribal development schemeOver 62,000 PVTG families would be benefited from OPELIP programme, Patnaik said state government was committed to provide economic empower...
14 May, 2015, 08.50 PM IST
AARM requests President Pranab Mukherjee not to give assent to mines BillBrinda Karat, today met Mukherjee and requested him not to approve the Bill, which has been cleared by both the Houses of Parliament.
07 Apr, 2015, 07.02 PM IST
Streamlining forest clearances won’t make vetting of mining proposals laxThe government has sought to streamline forest clearances by introducing online filing, which allows real-time monitoring of applications f...
08 Oct, 2014, 05.21 AM IST
Tourism and tea garden development to help tribals: Mamata BanerjeeDevelopment of tourism and tea gardens would pave the way for the development of tribal people, Mamata Banerjee said today.
05 Jun, 2014, 04.49 PM IST
Green panel gives nod to mine in the Naxal affected Saranda forests of JharkhandThe government's efforts to counter Maoists not withstanding, a key environment ministry panel has been proactive in recommending that mini...
04 Jun, 2013, 08.29 AM IST
- Orissa won't give up, challenges Centre on Posco
The Union environment and forests ministry may have withdrawn the green clearance to Vedanta's Aluminium mining project in Orissa but the s...
26 Dec, 2010, 03.00 AM IST
- Panel finds lacunae in implementation of FRA
The draft report of the joint committee of the ministries of tribal affairs and environment found both ministries wanting in implementation...
24 Dec, 2010, 04.05 AM IST
- Tribal Meena, not bureaucrat Meena to decide Posco's fate
An illiterate tribal woman from Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district is all set to play a vital role in deciding the fate of the Rs 51,000 crore...
29 Oct, 2010, 12.00 PM IST
- No tribal min role in Posco case?
In a meeting held on October 25, the FAC had concluded that it would recommend that the tribal affairs ministry take a final call on whethe...
29 Oct, 2010, 07.45 AM IST
- Govt stay on Posco project to continue
The Forest Advisory Committee of the Union environment and forests decided on Monday to not lift the temporary stay order on the forest cle...
26 Oct, 2010, 02.45 AM IST
- No mining in Niyamgiri Hills without 100 per cent clearance: Vedanta
The statement follows a government panel's report to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh disfavouring the grant of permission to the private...
16 Aug, 2010, 07.52 PM IST
- Permission to Vedanta for mining project denied
A government panel has said no to the controversial Vedanta mining project in Orissa citing violation of a series of laws by it in active c...
16 Aug, 2010, 06.11 PM IST
- Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity
The Anil Agarwal promoted Vedanta Alumina’s plans for sourcing bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa will ha...
30 Jun, 2010, 03.53 AM IST
- New forest rights panel fails to meet demand of activists
The environment ministry has reconstituted the joint committee set up with the ministry of tribal affairs to assess the impact of Forest Ri...
19 Apr, 2010, 05.57 AM IST