For the last few decades and more particularly since 1990’s the issue of human rights-violation of rights to life and livelihood of tribal peoples’ is a central concern. Therefore, the discourse on tribal movements and issues of tribal livelihood revolved around securing their well-defined rights on land and forest resources.
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Kumar Jena has suggested that the State Government should take control over all the chromite and iron ore mines in Orissa.
In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Union minister said the mineral wealth of Sukinda valley itself can change the fate of Orissa putting it in the league of developed states provided g
15 mines running sans permits, 8 exceeding limits In what appears to be a massive scam in the mining sector, the public accounts committee (PAC) on Monday, pointed out that 15 mines were operating without valid forest clearances and eight mines, were extracting ore much beyond their permitted capacity.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would study the notice served to it by the Supreme Court on the case relating to bauxite mining proposal at Niyamgiri in Kalahandi district.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the plea of Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the cancellation of the environmental clearance to the Niyamgiri Bauxite Mining Project in the state.
The Orissa government today approached the Supreme Court challenging the Centre's decision to reject environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills.
Challenging the Environment Ministry's order of August 24, 2010, the state government filed an application through Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), contending that the Centre's decision was in violation of the Supreme
