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Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Gram Sabhas to Meet 6 Times Annually, Activists Demand Awareness
29 Apr 2022
Grass-root activists wants villagers, Panchayat members and officials to be aware of the importance of gram sabhas.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu’s Malasar Tribals Evicted From Ancestral Land
19 Apr 2022
The tribal community, which has resided in Navamalai for five generations, has been pushed to the margins of the village.
Palanivel Rajan C
Denied Access to own Land, Irula Forest Dwellers Say They Will Fight to the Finish
15 Apr 2022
There are 24 settlements of these indigenous communities in Pillur which are demanding community forest rights, as assured under FRA.
Vikram Raj
Adivasis of India’s Tribal Belt Knock on Delhi’s Door
12 Apr 2022
Recently, many tribal activists, journalists and human rights activists from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra came to the Press Club of India to highlight the contemporary situation in the…
Neelambaran A
TN: Generations Down the Line, Kanyakumari’s Kani Tribes Still Await Land Titles Under FRA
08 Apr 2022
Chennai: Kanyakumari is home to around 7,000 ‘Kani’ or ‘Kanikar’ tribes living near the Western Ghats.
Ritwika Mitra
Rajasthan Tribal Communities Wait for Pattas Under FRA Indefinitely
19 Mar 2022
The Forest Rights Act aims to reverse the historical injustice meted out to tribals, ensure their land tenure and livelihood.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Odisha Villagers Continue to Protest Jindal Steel Plant Despite Police ‘Brutality’
01 Mar 2022
The plant violates the Forest Rights Act and will displace the Adivasis of Jagatsinghpur’s Dhinkia village, according to activists.
Ayaskant Das
Odisha Govt Rushes To Hand Over Village Land to JSW Group’s Rs 55,000 cr Project
01 Feb 2022
Forest rights claims of Dhinkia villagers have not been reportedly settled despite the dismantlement of betel vineyards.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP Polls: 'Where Will We Go?' Ask Tribals in Chitrakoot on Being Served Eviction Notices
01 Feb 2022
Banda (Uttar Pradesh): Raj Kumari, 42, is toiling hard on a small tract of land her in-laws left for her husband and his brothers in the Rajhaua forest at Manikpur block of Bundelk
Pranav Menon, Tuisha Sircar
Locating Agency – Interrogating ‘Adhikaar’ of Van Gujjar Women at Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand
14 Dec 2021
In light of the Van Gujjar community securing individual and community forest rights.