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2000 Activists and Civil Society Members Condemn Tribal Rights Activist Stan Swamy’s Arrest
09 Oct 2020
The 84-year-old was arrested on October 8. The civil society group has appealed to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to demand his immediate release.
Ramdas Rupavath
Tribal Development: Deprivation, Poverty, Dispossession
05 Oct 2020
Decentralisation as a means to empower local people by involving them in decision-making needs to be revisited.
Damayantee Dhar
Gujarat: Tribal Man Attempts Suicide to Protest Against Fencing by SSNNL
31 Aug 2020
"Situation has changed a lot since the Statue of Unity was built in Kevadiya. Government has been aggressively acquiring land for tourism projects. Tribals have been arrested for entering their own…
Kashif Kakvi
MP: Out of 3.79 Lakh Applications, State Approves Only 716 Claims of Forest Dwellers in Nine months
08 Jul 2020
Tribal right activists and leaders said that the Van Mitra App is not helpful for forest dwellers and that officials are reviewing claims while sitting in their offices.
Damayantee Dhar
Tribals Protest Against Land Acquisition by SSNNL, Villager Threatens Self-Immolation
08 Jun 2020
The villagers maintain that the project, which began with the construction of the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Kevadiya, will displace at least 5,000 tribal people who live close to the…
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Utilisation of Controversial CAMPA Funds Is Old Scheme Not COVID-19 Package: Tribal Rights Experts
16 May 2020
Several tribal groups and tribal rights activists have been demanding that the government transfer the CAMPA funds to the Gram Sabhas for democratic utilisation of the funds.
Sreetama Gupta Bhaya
International Day of Forests: How India Can Reverse the Damage
21 Mar 2020
Our forests and the communities that protect them are delicately balanced. One cannot be seen in isolation from the other.
Sumedha Pal
Talabira: Adani’s Mining Work in Odisha Commences Despite Tribal Protests
12 Feb 2020
In December, over 40,000 trees were cleared out to pave way for Adani’s coal mining project as villagers lead a lonely battle for the recognition of their forest rights
Sumedha Pal
J&K: No Process Initiated for Implementation of Forest Rights Post Abrogation of Art 370
21 Jan 2020
Earlier, due to the special provisions under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, the mountainous erstwhile state was empowered to constitute its own laws and had the discretion of implementing or…
Sumedha Pal
Odisha Jindal Steel Project: Police Barred Tribals from Public Hearing
27 Dec 2019
Villagers allege that no notices were issued to them about the hearing taking place and those who could manage to reach the site were not allowed to voice their concerns.