Gram Sabha

Tribal Ministry Opposes Environment Ministry on Bid to Dilute Gram Sabha Powers

Chhattisgarh’s ‘No-Go Area’ for Coal Mining Faces the Prospect of Being Opened Up

A vote-taking exercise underway at a gram sabha in Bilmad. Source: Authors provided

The Myth of Self-Governance in Scheduled Areas Needs to Be Dispelled

The location of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Source: Google Maps

Maharashtra Denies Habitat Rights to the Most Backward Tribal Communities

Mahua (left) and a variety of medicinal rice. Credit (both): Pankaj Oudhia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

India Has Recognised Forest Rights but Intervention Is Still Necessary