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Ravi Kaushal
Hasdeo Forest is Existential Issue for Tribals, say Activists Opposing Coal Mining
26 May 2022
Tribal activists allege that the approvals for coal mining will have dire consequences for the ecology of Hasdeo Aranya, resulting in mass displacement.
Suhit K Sen
Bengal Coal-Mining Project Raises Many Questions of Equity
30 Apr 2022
A validation of the constitutionality of FRA by the Supreme Court would be a big step in the right direction.
Ritwika Mitra
International Women’s Day: Adivasi Women Pay the Price for Defending their Lands
08 Mar 2022
Across states, Adivasi women have been at the frontline when it has come to stand up for their lands. However, gender-based violence against them continues unabated till today.
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Noted Intellectuals Slam Bengal's Deucha Panchami Coal Mine Project, Demand Release of Jailed Activists
01 Mar 2022
The large mining project would displace more than 5,000 families, most of whom are Adivasis and minority communities.
Ayaskant Das
No Rehab in Sight, Thousands Live in Areas Made Vulnerable by Mining in Bengal’s Raniganj Coalfields
21 Jan 2022
Availability of land for resettling mining-affected families caught in political slugfest between Centre and state government.
Ayaskant Das
Jharia’s Coal Mining-Affected Families Continue to Live Atop Tinderbox
13 Jan 2022
The implementation period of the 2009 master plan to resettle the inhabitants expired last year with very little success.
Sumedha Pal
‘Modi Govt Talks Clean Energy But Boosts Coal Mining, Dilutes Mining Laws’
17 Aug 2021
As India gives an ambitious push to renewables, it also continues its reliance on coal while incentivising corporate interest in the fossil fuel industry.
Ayaskant Das
Modi Government Introduces Amendment Bill to Help Corporates Profit from Coal Mining
08 Aug 2021
The union government has formulated a bill wherein corporates will be exempted from LARR Act, 2013 in acquiring land for commercial coal mining.
Sumedha Pal
Hasdeo Aranya: Demand to Defer Kente Besan Public Hearing on July 14 Grows
06 Jul 2021
The Gond adivasis in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district are continuing their ongoing resistance against the operations in yet another coal block--the Kente Besan situated in the heart of the dense…
Ayaskant Das
Why is the Goa Govt. Dragging its Feet in Mining its Allocated Block in Madhya Pradesh?
05 Apr 2021
The Union Ministry of Coal has granted the Goa government five extensions to appoint a mining contractor so far, the last of which expired on March 28.