Land

Odisha Tribals protest land ordinance

United under the banner of ‘Koraputia Jana Suakshya Sangh (KJSS)’, tribals held a demonstration at Semiliguda in Koraput district on Wednesday to protest against alleged infringement of their land

Publication Date: 
29/01/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Land Acquisition, Koraput (D), Regulations, Forest Rights Act 2006, Land Acquisition Act 2013, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Land
People

1.45 lakh claims rejected under FRA in State

The State Government has rejected over as many as 1.45 lakh individual and community claims under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 till December last year.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2015
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Forest Rights Act 2006, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Gram Sabhas, Forests, Tribals, People
Mining

Five coal blocks in Chhattisgarh might see land conflict

Since it came to power in May 2014, the NDA government has been working to do away with the need for such consent from tribal village councils

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Coal, Mining, Land, Conflicts, Tribals, Raigarh (D), Forest Rights Act 2006, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
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A non-trivial threat to India's ecological and economic security

On 29th August 2014 the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change of the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as MoEF & CC) set up a High Level Committee headed by former Union Cabinet Secretary Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, IAS (Retd.).

Publication Date: 
08/01/2015
Leo F. Saldanha, Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, India, Forests, Wildlife, Pollution Control, Governance, Forest Rights Act 2006, Afforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Management
Forests

Forest Rights Act not delaying projects: official

Calls for withdrawal of order issued by Environment Ministry

Publication Date: 
02/01/2015
Meena Menon
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Gram Sabhas, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Population, Forests
Forests

Co-operative procurement and marketing of tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh

The collection and sale of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) forms a significant part of the livelihoods of forest fringe communities in India, with an estimated 10-27 crore people involved in it.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
Sharachchandra Lele, R. Venkat Ramanuja, Jeetesh Rai
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Tendu, Forest Products, Economy, Panchayats, Forest Rights Act 2006
People

End in sight to tribal agitation

The Kerala Cabinet accepted the demands of tribes people on Wednesday, paving the way for the settlement of their ‘stand-up’ agitation in front of the Secretariat.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2014
Hindu
Tags:
Kerala, Tribals, People, Supreme Court, Forest Rights Act 2006, Attappady
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on changes in Forest Right Act, 26/11/2014

Question raised in Lok Sabha on changes in Forest Right Act, 26/11/2014.

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Forests, Tribals, Parliament
Environment

High-level Panel Suggests Return of `No-go' Areas

Says `no-go' areas would be sacrosanct, except in exceptional circumstances

Publication Date: 
21/11/2014
Urmi Goswami
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Sanctuaries, National Parks, Mineral-Based Indsutry, Power Transmission, Environment Clearance (EC)
Forests

Ministry vs ministry over forest land

The tribal affairs ministry has objected to an order by its environment counterpart that allows diversion of forest land for linear projects without seeking consent from local village councils as l

Publication Date: 
21/11/2014
Basant Kumar Mohanty
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Forests, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Land, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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