The proposed Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, which will be introduced in the state assembly next week, is set to exempt the state tribal po...

Sangma said, “We will have to see if the UCC exempts matrilineal societies, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe and Northeast India. If thi...

Reviews conducted by NITI Aayog have revealed that the ministries are unable to find targeted schemes to utilise the earmarked amount and s...

The Centre's focus on green growth - to help reduce India's carbon intensity and generate large-scale green jobs - is bound to make the eco...

The thrust is likely to be on infrastructure creation in SC and ST-dominated districts, they said, with enhanced allocation for constructio...

Dimapur, the commercial hub of the state, was the only district that was not under the ILP regime unlike the rest of Nagaland, which came i...

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held discussions with leaders of political parties, students bodies and civil society groups of Assam, ...

Manipur People’s Protection (MPP) Bill, 2018, which was passed by the state Assembly on July 23 last year, is awaiting presidential assent.

Pala urged that formal views from all state governments be taken into consideration to review allow implementation of the same with state-w...

While the environment ministry wants to simplify the process, the tribal affairs ministry opposes any change that undermines the rights of ...

While the environment ministry wants to simplify the process, the tribal affairs ministry, which oversees implementation of the Forest Righ...

The government-appointed panel headed by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian has recommended the return of the dreaded "no-go" areas f...

Stepping up its agitation for the implementation of ILP in Manipur, an apex body of social organisations in the state today said non-locals...

This will make it difficult for the govt to move ahead with its plans to limit the say of gram sabhas in diversion of forestland for indust...

"Subject to forest rights being vested, there will be no requirement for a written consent from the affected gram sabhas for linear project...

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on the land law could not resolve contentious issues in its second meeting on Monday, and would meet again to ...

The tribal people who constitute a substantial majority of the Indian population still spend their time in jungles and other inaccessible a...