03-Apr-2024 As elections arrive closer, how much will Adivasi (indigenous people)’s rights matter? As constituencies in 20 states go to polls on April 19, in Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, have political parties included forest rights and rights of Adivasi communities in their manifestos and election campaign?
06-Nov-2023 Right to die with dignity: Christian tribal denied burial rights, shrill campaign on ‘conversion’ afoot Another poll-bound state, Chhattisgarh, which is set to see voting for the state assembly elections on November 7 and 17, 2023, sees attempts at a communal campaign, by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), again.
04-Nov-2023 Uttar Pradesh: Protestors demanding an end to grabbing of Dalits’ land arrested and charged with murder On October 10 a peaceful protest in Gorakhpur led to the criminalisation of the demonstration and subsequent arrests of activists
24-Oct-2023 Adivasi woman assaulted and stripped by men, BJP MLC’s wife book amongst others Woman assaulted on grounds of the fact that she refused to vacate land
06-Sep-2023 कार्पोरेट, सरकार और अत्याचार पर आंदोलनकारी प्रफुल्ल सामंतरा | तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ | आदिवासी अधिकार तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ के साथ बातचीत करते प्रफुल्ल सामंतरा
26-Jun-2023 Inside India’s forest lands a battle for land and resources: Adivasis & Forest dwellers A real life battle is on in those lands over which forest dwellers and Adivasis ought to have control but where state and corporate interests intrude
09-Jun-2023 Determining Scheduled Areas under the Constitution: a flawed approach A constitutional guarantee has been unfortunately left to administrative and political interpretations, reducing this task to a much overdue and unfinished agenda
06-Jun-2023 TN: 158 people in two villages get title deeds under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 Tamil Nadu is one of the worst performing states when it comes to conferring forest rights
05-Jun-2023 U’khand Forest Dept admits faults in eviction notices issued to Van Gujjars This comes after multiple protests and representations by the Van Gujjar Tribes in the area
03-Jun-2023 Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill: North-east to bear the brunt The unclassified forests of the region will become endangered
03-Apr-2023 प्रस्तावित वन संरक्षण विधेयक 2023 ने बढ़ाई वन अधिकार कार्यकर्ता और पर्यावरणविदों की चिंता वन (संरक्षण) संशोधन विधेयक- 2023 बुधवार को लोकसभा में पेश किया गया जिसके साथ ही वन अधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं और पर्यावरणविदों ने चिंताओं की घंटी बजा दी है।
31-Mar-2023 Forest Conservation Bill 2023: too many exemptions, discretion to Centre The proposed bill makes forest clearance easier and exempts many categories of land from the purview of the Act
13-Feb-2023 आदिवासियों पर अत्याचार में बढ़े, राष्ट्रीय अनुसूचित जनजाति आयोग द्वारा कार्रवाई में कमी संसद के शीतकालीन सत्र में आदिवासियों पर अत्याचार के जो आंकड़े पेश किये गए हैं वे चिंताजनक हैं।
06-Feb-2023 Asked about FRA implementation in states, MoTA dodges accountability Data on claims settled and titles distributed state-by-state until November 30, 2022 provided by the government
30-Jan-2023 चरवाहों का पोस्टकार्ड अभियान: ब्रिटिश राज के काले कानून, वन अधिनियम 1927 को वापस लिया जाए लगभग 10,000 पोस्टकार्ड और चिट्ठियाँ पहुंची महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय
25-Jan-2023 UP के वन निवासी बोले: पट्टा नहीं, टांगिया वन गावों की तर्ज पर मालिकाना हक मिले आदिवासी व वन निवासियों का नेतृत्व करने वाली सुकालो गोंड ने कहा कि हमें पट्टा नहीं बल्कि मालिकाना हक चाहिए