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

Chhattisgarh Fake Encounter: Exhume Body of 13-year-old, Re-do Post-mortem, Orders HC

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SC Judgement on SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, December 15, 2016

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SC Indictment: Both Centre & States have Failed Dalits

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Shivaji would never want a memorial built at the cost of Kolis, says Mumbai’s fishing community

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