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How India’s Green Credit Programme has Reopened Old Wounds for Adivasis in Gujarat’s Dang
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How India’s Green Credit Programme has Reopened Old Wounds for Adivasis in Gujarat’s Dang

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2024 12:27 IST - 8 MINS READ As you leave behind the burgeoning Vansda city in the swiftly urbanising Valsad district, you cross over to The Dangs, Gujarat’s most forested region. Recently, compensatory afforestation drives, under older legislations such as the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 and the newly notified Green Credit Programme 2023, are being …

India Management States Gujarat Land Forest Plantation
AP Govt Will Revive, Strengthen Panchayat System: Dy CM Pawan Kalyan
4 months, 1 week ago

AP Govt Will Revive, Strengthen Panchayat System: Dy CM Pawan Kalyan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan has announced that the state government has taken three key decisions, holding gram sabhas across 13,326 panchayats, conducting a pulse survey on utilisation of Jal Jeevan Mission funds, and increasing funds to panchayats for holding Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. “These three measures, aimed at reviving and strengthening village panchayats and sarpanch …

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Gram Sabhas step in to procure Kendu leaf in Odisha's Koraput district
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gram Sabhas step in to procure Kendu leaf in Odisha's Koraput district

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: As kendu leaf procurement largely remains limited to registered collectors, gram sabhas in Boipariguda block of Koraput district have come together to help tribal pluckers market and sell their stock. Realising this, 103 gram sabhas in Boipariguda block recently joined hands to procure kendu leaves from tribals, a majority of the collectors being women. “This section grants gram sabhas …

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Forest Rights recognition major issue in 153 LS constituencies, says analysis
8 months, 1 week ago

Forest Rights recognition major issue in 153 LS constituencies, says analysis

Hindustan Times  

There are around 153 parliamentary constituencies where recognition of individual and community forest rights is among the major issues facing voters, a new analysis has found. Building upon a similar exercise conducted in 2019, independent forest rights researchers released an analysis on Friday which assess the potential of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in advancing the rights of tribal and …

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Odisha’s ‘zero villages’ continue to struggle for benefits of welfare schemes
1 year, 5 months ago

Odisha’s ‘zero villages’ continue to struggle for benefits of welfare schemes

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 13, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ In a good crop season, Rami Soren, 42, from Gangamunda village in Kankadahad block of Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, travels 35 kilometres twice a week to sell his agricultural produce in the town market. Marked as “zero villages” in census reports, forest villages do not feature in revenue records. “Since …

Welfare Schemes Odisha Rights Land Rights Land Revenue Forest
Gram Sabhas asked to submit list of houseless families soon
1 year, 5 months ago

Gram Sabhas asked to submit list of houseless families soon

The Hindu  

Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has directed gram sabhas to finalize and submit a list of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Awaaz Yojana scheme within a week for the construction of houses for the homeless in rural areas. Under the Centrally- The Minister said though the deadline for selecting the beneficiaries of the scheme has already been extended twice, …

State List Khan Gram Sabhas Families Soon
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 | Jungle book vs rule book
1 year, 6 months ago

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 | Jungle book vs rule book

The Hindu  

In the preamble to the Forest Amendment Bill, 2023, introduced by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Lok Sabha on March 29, it is stated that the importance of forests must be realised to achieve India’s target of Net Zero Emission by 2070 and to maintain or enhance the forest carbon stocks through ecologically balanced sustainable …

India Natural Gas Projects Forest State Act Bill
Analysis | Why has the creation of eco-sensitive zones provoked protests?
1 year, 11 months ago

Analysis | Why has the creation of eco-sensitive zones provoked protests?

The Hindu  

Ecologically sensitive zones are intended to protect ‘protected areas’ – national parks and wildlife sanctuaries – by transitioning from an area of lower protection to an area of higher protection. Protected areas cover 5.26% of India’s land area as 108 national parks and 564 wildlife sanctuaries. The ESZs span notified forests outside protected areas, most of which could also come …

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Gram sabhas clear podu land applications in officials’ absence
2 years ago

Gram sabhas clear podu land applications in officials’ absence

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Neither forest nor revenue officials are moving back from their stand on the podu land issue in Khammam and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts. Revenue officials conducted gram sabhas and resolved the applications on podu lands. Although forest beat officers Jyothi, Satyakrishna and Ravi had to attend, the gram sabhas completed the work in their absence. Ironically, the applications have been okayed …

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AP HC directs CRDA to conduct gram sabhas by 12 noon today
2 years, 1 month ago

AP HC directs CRDA to conduct gram sabhas by 12 noon today

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Capital Region Development Authority commissioner and special officers of gram panchayats to conduct gram sabhas before 12 noon on Friday. A single-judge bench headed by Justice D Ramesh heard petitions filed by the Amaravati farmers challenging the notices issued by special officers of Mandadam and Lingayapalem gram panchayats, seeking objections on …

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The proposed Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022 might be disastrous for forest dwellers
2 years, 4 months ago

The proposed Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022 might be disastrous for forest dwellers

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST Existing forest laws in India largely put the state in charge of environmental protection, which tends to create an imbalance of power between vulnerable forest-dwelling communities and the authorities. The new rules will allow private developers to clear forest land for compensatory afforestation and development and infrastructure projects without the prior consent of …

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How are Chhattisgarh’s Adivasis fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?
2 years, 5 months ago

How are Chhattisgarh’s Adivasis fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST - 10 MINS READ For years, tribal and forest-dwelling communities have opposed mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand, one of central India’s most dense forests. Hasdeo’s 23 coal blocks fall under a “No-Go” category listed in a joint study published by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of …

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Parties Treat Tribals as Mere Vote Banks, Will Talk About Our Constitutional Rights, Identity, Says Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti Founder
3 years, 1 month ago

Parties Treat Tribals as Mere Vote Banks, Will Talk About Our Constitutional Rights, Identity, Says Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti Founder

News 18  

As tribals have hogged the political space in Madhya Pradesh, Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti a socio-ideological organisation of young tribal community members has specified the community’s basic requirements as the state is all set to undergo polls in 2023. Dr Hiralal Alawa, the national convener of tribal outfit JAYS spoke to News18.com and specified the basic requirements of the ethnic …

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Stronger at the grassroots
3 years, 2 months ago

Stronger at the grassroots

The Hindu  

The Panchayati Raj, first adopted by Nagaur in Rajasthan on October 2, 1959, has expanded vastly. The People’s Plan Campaign and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard, rolled out this year, aspire to strengthen the Panchayati Raj system by making gram sabhas more vibrant. When the traditional top-down disaster response system was compromised during the bad months of the pandemic, it was …

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