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India–US trade deal faces mounting resistance as farmers intensify protests
From coordinated motorcycle rallies to toll plaza demonstrations, farmer groups accuse the Centre of ignoring concerns over agriculture, land policies and rural livelihoods while warning of a larger nationwide movement
3 lakh hectares of forest land diverted for non-forest use over 15 years, compensatory afforestation programme a showpiece
Punjab tops lists of the MoEFCC provided data on divergence of forest land for non-forest use, mining projects account for the highest diversion
Delhi: SKM, Central TUs Call for end to ‘Corporate-Communal Nexus’, ‘Oust BJP’
National convention held in Talkatora Stadium decides to launch joint struggles against privatisation, labour codes and for legal guarantee for MSP, among others.
Attacks on farmers by Punjab & Haryana govts, censorship of Gaon Savvera part of a pattern
Repeated attacks on protesting farmers through July and August and the earlier suppression of information and news through attacks on the platforms, Lokvani and National Savera are part of a pattern that cut across party lines
Odisha Government removes “deemed forest” provision
Concerns arise over the potential ecological impact by the move to remove the deemed forests and worse, its detrimental effect on tribal communities' rights.
UAPA slapped on activists of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti: Kahalahandi, Orissa
This is only the last in a series of questionable detentions that have also taken place in Kashipur; the police appears to be protesting Adivasi human rights defenders (HRDs) from the Dongria Kondh tribe
Naga groups unite against controversial amendments to forest law (FCA 2023)
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Indigenous groups from Nagaland join in to raise concerns over threats to land, forest and biodiversity and urge the state government to use constitutional provisions for Nagaland to prevent its implementation.
Recognising fair compensation for farmers land is a non-negotiable human right: Bombay HC
“Incorporating the Right to Property: Beyond Constitutional and Statutory Bounds, Embracing the Essence of Human Rights as Inalienable Individual Liberties.”
Controversial Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed by Lok Sabha without any change, all concerns ignored
Bill passed within 30 minutes amid cries of "Shame” and “We want justice” raised by opposition demanding statement on Manipur, “development” to supersede forest rights, landmark Godavarman decision of the Supreme Court on deforestation
Externment orders, atrocities against Burhanpur Adivasis, activists
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In continuance of the embittered battle over land and resources, Burhanpur’s Adivasis, entitled under the Forest Rights Act 2006, to lay legal claim on community and forest lands, face a hostile Forest department and an alienated state
Parliamentary Committee Gives Nod to Proposed Dilution of Forest Rights
Proposed amendments to pivotal 1980 law draw objections from forest rights activists and critics as it gains support from parliamentary committee
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