Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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This Is How States Illegally Rejected Forest-Dwellers’ Land Claims

Nihar Gokhale 03/03/2019

Such government violations of the law are common not...

Forest Rights Act 2006, Supreme Court, tribal eviction, FRA, forest dwellers, timber, State Level Monitoring Committees, ordinance, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram,

Nearly 20 Lakh Tribals Vulnerable to Eviction Thanks to Supreme Court Order

Kabir Agarwal 22/02/2019

A lawyer said that the Supreme Court may have...

Women dressed in Dangi saree at the Adivasi Diwas rally. Credit: Nikita Sonavane

The Roots of a Growing Adivasi Resistance in Gujarat

Nikita Sonavane 27/08/2018

A district-level committee in Dang district has rejected all individual...

The location of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Source: Google Maps

Maharashtra Denies Habitat Rights to the Most Backward Tribal Communities

Asavari Raj Sharma 16/07/2018

The status of implementation of habitat rights is quite...

Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Telangana, Forest Rights Act, community forest rights, individual forest rights, tribals, tribal welfare, afforestation, Telangana ku haritha haram, Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority, CAMPA funds,

The Forest Rights Act Is Being Vibrantly Watered Down in Gujarat

Nikita Sonavane and Tanay Gandhi 29/06/2018

The Forest Rights Act does not discriminate against government...

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

Geetanjoy Sahu and Asavari Raj Sharma 01/05/2018

There is an opportunity to shape the Forest Rights...

Santhal women carrying firewood in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari

To Respect Human Rights, the Government Should Strategise to Coexist First, Not to Evict

Neema Pathak-Broome and Eleonora Fanari 12/03/2018

Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their...