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

AIUFWP rally on March 23 to demand forest rights for Adivasis

On the occasion of the death anniversary of Bhagat...

More Protests, as Villagers oppose Bauxite Mining in Odisha

Residents of 24 villages at the foothills of Kodingamali...

How the Modi Regime’s 2018 Compensatory Afforestation Rules Violates the Rights of Adivasis & Forest Dwellers

The Compensatory afforestation fund violates statutory rights of forest-dwelling communitiesThis...

Tripura Descends Into Violence with BJP’s Take Over of the State

Seventee year old, Copious Debbrama's anguished cry to the...

Bombay HC highlights illegality committed by Caste Scrutiny Committee

Bombay HC directs Principal Secretary, Tribal Research and Development...

Scheduled Tribes Are India’s Poorest People

Mumbai: Scheduled tribes are India’s poorest people, with five...

Nothing Comes From Nothing: Modi Sarkar’s Tribal Policy

Gross neglect of the Tribal Affairs ministry, with money...

Blood of Martyrs will not go in Vain: Koel Karo Jan Sanghatan, Jharkand

The Adivasi people of Koel-Karo Jan Sanghatan paid their...

The New Opposition at the Barricades Challenges Manuvaad & the Market

The present regime can be seen as an exemplar...

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