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Environment

National conference of natural resources based traditional working people and community organisations: Need for collective strategies

In the past few years the struggle on ‘commons’ has intensified around the natural resources by the subaltern people. There is a direct conflict between people whose livelihoods are dependent on these resources and the state. This conflict is getting sharper with the growing onslaught of the neo-liberal policies of the state. In order to fight back the neo-liberal agenda, various people’s movements, social movements and independent trade unions on natural resources, such as forestry, fisheries, mining and water, have come together to fight collectively against the hegemony of the state.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Social Change
42
2
281-285
Tags:
Common Property Resources, Forests, People, Conflicts, Land Acquisition, Great Himalayan NP, Himachal Pradesh, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Industry, Minor Forest Produce
Habitat And Urbanisation

Bowling alone: Urban tribes in concrete jungles

Utilising the modern social network theory, the present descriptive article has examined the art of urbanites’ ‘bowling alone’ in concrete jungles and its negative effect on their social and civic life.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
K. Radhakrishna Murty
Social Change
42
2
157-164
Tags:
People, Urban Habitat, India, Public Participation
People

State of the world’s minorities and indigenous peoples 2012: focus on land rights and natural resources

Minorities and indigenous peoples are under increasing threat from governments and private companies wanting to benefit from the resources found on or under their lands. Despite the growing recognition of their rights in international

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Minority Rights Group International
Tags:
Minorities, Tribals, India, Global, Land Resources, Environment, Human Rights, Women, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mining, Oil, Natural Gas, Dams, Displacement
People

The state of the world’s refugees 2012: in search of solidarity - a synthesis

This publication provides a synthesis of UNHCR’s flagship publication, The State of the World’s Refugees: In Search of Solidarity. The book itself was produced during 2011-2012, and written from the perspective of UNHCR, drawing on experiences from the past seven years.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Judith Kumin
UNHCR
Tags:
Refugees, Displacement, Conflicts, Urbanisation, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Migration
Poverty

Need to re-define BPL criteria for urban poor

LUCKNOW: Urbanisation has led to migration of poor people from rural to urban areas in want of a better standard of living. By 2030, nearly 50% of the population will stay in urban areas.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Habitat And Urbanisation, Lucknow (D), Uttar Pradesh, Poverty, People, Migration, Urbanisation
Mining

Stop Mining in Naxal-hit Areas: Deo

Government should consider a freeze on mining in Naxal-hit areas, tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has said.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Urmi A. Goswami
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Naxalites, People, Minerals, Poverty, Mining Regulations, Legislation
Energy

Local opposition stalls Cairn's Gujarat pipeline project

Uncertainty prevails over Cairn India’s 74-km section of the 670-km-long Barmer-Jamnagar crude oil pipeline.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Oil Exploration, People, Petrochemical Industry, Jamnagar (D), Barmer (D), Land, Compensation, Farmers, Agriculture, Rajasthan
Poverty

Plan Panel Stays Away from New Team Set Up to Redo Poverty Math

The Planning Commission has distanced itself from the government’s decision to appoint a committee to reconsider the way poverty numbers are estimated, indicating a deep divide between the politica

Publication Date: 
28/05/2012
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Poverty, People, Rural Poverty, Planning Commission, Economy, India
People

Too many tribals in Odisha jails

BHUBANESWAR: In what can be seen as a missive to embarrass Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the tribal issue, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday alleged that a large number

Publication Date: 
24/05/2012
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Bhubaneswar, Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Rural Development, Tribals, Naxalites, People, Development, NGO
Food Policy

Govt to revive subsidised flour scheme for citizens

In a bid to provide some relief to the citizens burdened by rise in prices of food items, the city government plans to soon revive a scheme under which subsidised wheat flour will be sold at over 400 outlets at around `14 per kg.

The decision to revive the scheme came after Union minister of state for food and civil supplies K.V. Thomas at a meeting with chief minister Sheila Dikshit agreed to her request to provide additional quota of subsidised wheat to Delhi.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Subsidies, Wheat, People, Food Prices, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, Food Policy, Delhi

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