To protect the land belonging to the tribals in Tamil Nadu the Tamil Nadu state government should expedite the enactment of Land Alienation Acts, the Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled

Nearly 55 per cent of the working children do so in "bad' work places with safe drinking water unavailable and 45 per cent have no access to toilet facilities. Some 40 per cent of these kids work for

Despite overall progress, per capita comsumptiom in the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has grown at only 1.4 per cent per annum in the 1990s. This has been stated by a World Bank report on the

The Tamil Nadu Tribals Association ha urged the Union Environment Ministry to withdraw its orders directing eviction of tribals and others living on forestland and instead implement a 1990 decision

The number of deprived urban children is alarmingly increasing in Assam and they are the victims of the kind of development the society foster and the socio-economic structure unfolding. The deprived

Nine time national award wining filmmaker Anu Malhotra has finished making another unique film on the indigenous Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, documenting their ritualistic sacrifice, the time

The Kerala Government's ambitious tribal land distribution project under the Tribal Resettlement Development Mission has run into rough weather. The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has refused

The problem of child labour has assumed alarming proportions. To tackle this social evil the Rotary Club Amritsar South in collaboration with the Government of India has taken the initiative to raise

A pilot project has been taken up to eliminate child labour in Andhra Pradesh which has the dubious distinction of being ranked first in the practice of this social evil, Mr. N M Adyanthaya, Member

Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank Limited, an undertaking of Self Employed Women's Association, has announced the launch of Sewa Bank Pension Scheme, the first of its kind in the country. The scheme is