Rajat Guha, Nistula Hebbar

New Delhi: The Forest Rights Act gave them land use rights and mandated that their consent be obtained before acquiring forest land, but it still did not ring in ownership rights for tribal populations.

ON August 24, Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, uploaded on the Ministry's website the text of his detailed decision rejecting the application from Vedanta Resources for forest clearance to start bauxite mining in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills.

ITANAGAR, Sept 20: The implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in Arunachal Pradesh witnessed mixed responses from various stakeholders attending the second phase of the public consultation at Banquet Hall here today.

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EW DELH

Concerned over lack of development in the tribal areas, which has led to the rise of Left-Wing extremism (LWE), the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will review the government

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has asked the State government to issue a new order to enable tribals living in the hills own land as per the provisions of Indian Forest Rights Act 2006.

In a statement, CPI State secretary D.

SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Demanding rights on forest land in the State, the Gujjars today said the benefits available under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the country be extended to Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement here, the secretary of the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, Dr Javid Rahi demanded rights on forest lands, which are constitutionally made available to

ITANAGAR, Sept 12: A team of the Joint Review Committee of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) constituted by the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and Environment & Forests will be visiting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and North Bengal from September 19 to 25 next.

In Arunachal the team will conduct public consultation for Tawang, East and West Kameng, Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Upper and Lower Subansir

Will Polavaram be another ecocide zone? Not if we apply the Vedanta logic to it.

The Polavaram dam across the river Godavari has been a dream project for several governments in Andhra Pradesh. Most of them had to let it stay at that

Hyderabad, Sept.