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Sumedha Pal
MP: ‘Over 37,000 Kilometres of Tribal Land to be Handed Over to Corporates’
23 Nov 2020
The state government is said to be formalising plans to give 40% of "degraded forest land" to private firms, allege activists.
Sumedha Pal
UP: Tharu Tribals Set to Get Community Forest Rights After Prolonged Struggle
16 Nov 2020
The recognition will enable them to collect forest produce without interference or harassment from the forest department
Sagrika Kissu
J&K: ‘Why do you Need Land?’ Eviction Threat Looms Large over Bakarwal Families
28 Oct 2020
‘We were told that there is no need to educate our children as we are vagabonds and our children will follow us into the same line of work; that education is a waste for them...’
Sumedha Pal
‘Modi Govt Waging Undeclared War Against Adivasis’: Kaimur Fact-Finding Team
23 Oct 2020
The team investigated the action of the forest department in Kaimur’s Adhaura block in Bihar that reportedly left many injured and charged for ‘rioting’.
Kashif Kakvi
MP Bypolls: SC, ST Voters Could Favour Congress, Say Experts
14 Oct 2020
Poll watchers believe that the Dalit voter will back the Congress in the same way they did in 2018, as nothing much has changed since.
Sumedha Pal
MP: Probe Launched, 2 Forest Guards Suspended after Protests over Alleged Assault on Adivasi Activists
21 Sep 2020
Two adivasi activists alleged they were brutally thrashed while in the Forest Department’s custody, following which there were massive protests in the area.
Sumedha Pal
Adivasi Activists Allege They Were Brutally Thrashed in Forest Department’s Custody in MP
09 Sep 2020
The two arrested adivasi activists were actively involved in the protests against clearing up of forest land and felling of trees in the region
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Left Protests Against Andhra Govt’s Gross Negligence of People Affected in Godavari Floods
02 Sep 2020
Only 3,922 out of the one lakh families displaced by the Polavaram Project have been rehabilitated until now, and the rest have been heavily affected by the ongoing floods.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: Tribals Resist ‘Haritha Haram’ on Their Podu Lands
22 Jul 2020
Opposition parties including CPI(M) and Congress have alleged that hundreds of crores of rupees of public money are being misused under the Haritha Haram Scheme.
Newsclick Report
Forest Rights Have Been Crushed During Lockdown, Say Activists
09 Jul 2020
An analysis has revealed that approximately 120 projects were recommended, 90 were deferred, 30 projects returned and only two projects were rejected during the Expert Appraisal Committee and Forest…