Farm and Forest

20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency

Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue

Independent Judicial Probe into “encounter” of anti-mining activists needed: PUCL

The civil liberties platform has also condemned the frivolous...

Unstoppable! Mumbai’s Struggle to save its lungs: Key Issues you need to know!

On several grounds, it looks like government’s stubbornness to...

SC Issues Notice: Plea Against Jharkhand HC Order Refusing To Quash FIR against Adivasis

Sedition against Tribals for FB postThe Supreme Court has...

UN urges India to stop forced evictions of Adivasis & Forest dwellers

A clearly worded communication sent by UN human rights...

Maha gov’t blames DLCs for wrongly rejecting forest rights claims of Adivasis

The state of Maharashtra has held the District Level Committees...

WTI withdraws from FRA case in SC, Adivasis’s stand vindicated

In a significant step, the Wildlife Trust of India...

Breaking: SC admits all Intervention Applications defending FRA, 2006

HRDs Sokalo Gond and Nivada Rana’s IA backed by...

MP gov’t acknowledges historical injustice on tribal communities in rejecting land claims

In a compliance affidavit filed before the Supreme Court...

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