Jairam Ramesh makes passionate appeal to let Gram Sabha have a say in fund utilization

BJP accuses Congress of denying benefits to tribals and others which it claimed would get from the passage of the Bill

Tribal ministry relents over Forest Rights Act

As the different Opposition parties continued to blame the BJD government for the death of 19 tribal children in Nagada village due to malnutrition, the BJP on Thursday urged Governor S.C.

A state green panel has given first-stage clearance to Orissa Integrated Power Ltd (OIPL) for diverting 17.02 hectares of revenue forest land to set up a 4,000-MW UMPP in Sundargarh district in Odi

The Bill is critical to the disbursement of Rs. 42,000 crore to the States for afforestation

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Right Act, 18/07/2016.

The Indian arm of the Amnesty International, a global NGO on human rights, on Wednesday released a comprehensive report on flip side of coal mining operations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand,

Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised.

Guwahati: The Co-ordination Committee of Tribal Organizations of Assam (CCTOA) has urged the Centre to protect the land rights of scheduled tribal forest dwellers in its proposed National Forest Po

Integrates climate change concerns and promotes private investment and role in forestry

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