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

India is not on sale: stir against land grab to intensify

People’s movements and organisations vowed to challenge and protest...

Conference uncovering anti-people amendments and how to challenge them held in Delhi

The arrests of hundreds of Adivasis, rights and environmental...

Unmasking the Media With Bhasha Singh: India’s Hate Factory is Killing Innocents

With prime-time debates doubling up as media trials, who...

Fact-finding team finds glaring holes in police investigation of Jharkhand rape

In the name of pursuing unidentified suspects, the police...

Allahabad HC demands explanation for detention of Adivasi activists after CJP and AIUFWP file petition

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Speedy Investigation into Killing of Anti-Mining Activist demanded: Jharkhand

A strong letter to Raghuvir Das, chief minister of...

How is it sedition if Adivasi’s choose self-governance through Gram Sabha?

Government ’s failure to implement Vth Schedule and PESA...

Adivasi Forest Movement leader Sukalo arrested

Even as UP’s Forest Minister assures Action on Incidents...

Anti-Coal Mine Activist Suresh Oraon Shot Dead In Jharkhand

Suresh Oraon (27) of Purnadih Chatra Jharkhand was shot...

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