Madhya Pradesh

The Right to recall

Palavika Patel, the former president of Anuppur municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India and Gray Davis, former governor of California, usa are two distinct fall outs of participatory democracy. In 2002, voters of extremely poor Anuppur and in 2003, voters

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

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0

Tags:

Legislation, Human Rights, Government Of India (GOI), Panchayats, India, Madhya Pradesh

India

No need to be neutral

NEW DELHI, August 28, 2003. At a press conference, Narmada Bachao Andolan NBA leader Medha Patekar said that the NBA would support candidates of like minded organisations in assembly elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh MP . By organisations she

Publication Date:

14/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031015

pp:

0

Tags:

Narmada Valley Project, Political Parties, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh

India

Forest states want money in lieu of felling

On August 1, 2003, Madhya Pradesh made a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a fund generating mechanism for forest protection. Earlier, in June, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh asked the Union government to provide them annual reimbursement amountin

Publication Date:

30/08/2003

Author(s): Kushal P S Yadav

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Trade, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), Brazil, India, Arunachal, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

India

In spate

Narmada dam row rages

Publication Date:

30/08/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030831

pp:

0

Tags:

Narmada, Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

India

PM, CM in title clash

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh are playing the blame game over the settlement of tribal communities claims to forestland

Publication Date:

30/07/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Encroachments, Forest Villages, Tribals, Conflicts, India, Madhya Pradesh

India

Gagged no more

The Narmada Bachao Andolan (nba) has regained its freedom of speech. In October 2001 the Bombay City Civil Court had passed an injunction, restraining the anti-dam activist group from making any

Publication Date:

14/07/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030715

pp:

0

Tags:

Narmada Valley Project, India, Madhya Pradesh

India

Forest conservation is too complex an issue to be resolved by executive fiat

The condition of India’s forest and her forest dwellers is extremely grave. A fresh round of police attacks on tribal people

Publication Date:

14/07/2003

Author(s): Madhu Sarin

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030715

pp:

0

Tags:

Forests, Land Tenure, Agriculture, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Tribals, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha)

Sanitation

How not to squabble

Dhimars have evolved a very strong conflict resolution mechanism, as well as ways to ensure that the campaign to reclaim tanks keeps spreading in ever wider circles

Publication Date:

29/06/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Madhya Pradesh

India

Dhimar innovations

SEED BANK: As pond co-operatives began to increase, the idea of a community seed bank also took shape. Its purpose was to provide capital, which used to be a major hurdle in continued investment in

Publication Date:

29/06/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Madhya Pradesh

Agriculture