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

In Jharkhand, protests break out over changes to land tenancy law in Adivasi areas

The Bharatiya Janta Party government has amended the land...

300 Adivasi Children, Not 121, Died in Malkangiri in 2 Months: Here’s Why The Govt Report is Flawed

Background: More than 300 Adivasi children have died in Malkangiri...

300 Adivasi children lost their lives in Malkangiri: the govt must declare an emergency

More than 300 Adivasi children have died in Malkangiri...

Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh & IGP Bastar Summoned by NHRC

The NHRC has summoned the Chief Secretary of Government...

The ‘crime’ of documenting human rights violations

The registration of grave charges of murder and criminal...

Never Named Anyone, Says Wife Of Murdered Tribal On Professor Nandini Sundar – NDTV

Days after the murder of a villager in Chhattisgarh's...

‘Many a Slip between the Cup & the Lip’: National Food Security Act, Jharkhand

38% Dalits & Adivasis have no ration card,16 %...

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