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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
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Locusts, Covid-19, Delhi Government’s cup of woes runneth over
Curses of Biblical proportions are plaguing an already stressed Delhi Government led by Aravind Kejriwal.
Fight against Commercial Mining of Coal in Jharkhand
To fight against the commercial mining of coal in Jharkhand, we have to recall how the battle against bauxite mining by mighty Corporate Vedanta was fought and won by the tribal community in the Niyamgiri mountains in Odisha.
Commercial Mining, not a boon but a curse: Jharkhand & Central India
Serious concerns about the commercialisation/privatisation of coal mines located on Adivasi lands
Auction for Mining in 20 Coal Blocks given go ahead, protests break out: Jharkand
Mahasabha calls for mass protests against central government’s decision to allow commercial coal mining
Uttarakhand: Van Gujjars injured, property destroyed in clash with forest officials
The forest officials even arrested more than 10 members of the nomadic tribe, who have been granted a stay on eviction from Rajaji National Park by the Supreme Court
Defy, resist, combat: Farmers’ unions call for massive mobilisation
All India Kisan Sabha, All India Agricultural Workers’ Union and Centre of Indian Trade Unions will lead a nationwide mass movement on August 9
46 farmers protesting land grab and damage to crops detained in Gujarat
The farmers were protesting the compensation offered to them for the Vadodara Mumbai Expressway
AIKS congratulates farmers on protests against anti-farmer ordinances issued by Centre
Protests held across the country saw farmers burning copies of the ordinances
Baiga Chak’s forest survival due to decade-long local conservation measures
Pauri, one of the many hamlets in the Baiga...
For farmers deprivation of land can be traumatic, Telangana HC awarding compensation
The court invalidated the consent awards obtained under coercion from small farmers, awarded compensation for loss of land to an irrigation project, and in the absence of evidence in rebuttal, found that this may be a case of forceful dispossession of land.
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