Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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Forest Rights Act: Over 1.6M Families Face Threat of Eviction From Forest Land

Prudhviraj Rupavath 08/11/2022

If the apex court upholds its previous eviction order,...

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How New Forest Diversion Rules Deal a Body Blow to the Forest Rights Act

C.R. Bijoy 11/07/2022

The new 2022 Forest Conservation Rules seek to override...

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15 Years of FRA: What Trends in Forest Rights Claims and Recognition Tell Us

Lekshmi M., Anup Kumar Samal and Geetanjoy Sahu 22/12/2021

Only 14.75% of the minimum potential forest areas for...

Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. Credit: PTI

India’s Forests, and Their Peoples, Are Caught Between Two Ministries

C.R. Bijoy 30/07/2021

In 2006, authority on matters of the rights of...

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Critical Wildlife Habitats Advisory Augurs Future Conflicts in National Parks

Nihar Gokhale 11/12/2020

Forest rights activists and social scientists worry that the...

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

Chitrangada Choudhury 12/04/2019

A letter from the environment ministry to state governments...

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Watch | ‘Tribals Have Rights to the Forest and Land, No One Can Remove us from Here’

Santoshi Markam 05/03/2019

Ground report by Santoshi Markam on the tribal demonstration...