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]J&K government to implement Forest Rights Act
The Act, which grants and safeguard the rights of forest dwellers,was not applicable in the UT for the last 14 years
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Jammu | By Press Trust of India, Jammu
An alternative jobs and skill strategy for India
India needs to think of an alternative economic paradigm to prevent the distress we have seen this year
Updated on Sep 17, 2020 05:53 AM IST
By Madhav Gadgil
‘Bastar cashew’: New source of income for forest dwellers in Maoist-hit region
Successful plantation of cashew is available in Bastar on nearly 15,000 hectares of land with the production capacity of 10,000 quintals.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur | By Ritesh Mishra
India has adopted a coloniser’s approach to tribal populations
The proper implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act) of 2006 is an opportunity for India to demonstrate a model of conservation where historic missteps are addressed while being strategic about our commitment to climate and biodiversity action.
Updated on Sep 04, 2019 12:40 PM IST
By Smitha Rao
After Odisha, Chhattisgarh recognises forest rights claims
So far, 400,000 individual and 24,000 community forest rights certificates have been distributed in the state while according recognition to 342,000 hectares of land in individual claims and 950,000 hectares of land in community claims, the statement released on Tuesday said.
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 02:10 AM IST
Raipur | By Ritesh Mishra
SC told forest surveys to point out encroachments may take 16 years
The need for an FSI survey arose after a bench led by Justice Arun Mishra on February 13 this year ordered the eviction of Forest Dwelling Tribals and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers whose claims to forest land were rejected.
Updated on Aug 07, 2019 08:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Bhadra Sinha
States reviewing forest rights claims
At least eight states have also admitted before the top court that the authorities had failed to follow due procedure under the law while deciding the claims of FDSTs and OTFD to forest land under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act of 2006.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Bhadra Sinha & Jayashree Nandi
Giving rights to forest dwellers will not harm India’s forests
We question the motives behind the continued labelling of forest dwellers as forest destroyers even as evidence mounts that they have actively managed forests — the same forests that we are today enclosing as conservation fortresses.
Published on Jul 18, 2019 08:08 AM IST
By Nitin D. Rai and Kamaljit S. Bawa
How a social justice tool became a means to grab land in India’s forests
Since Independence, waves of forest encroachments have been regularised on one pretext or another, and this unfortunate trend seems to be continuing. With a recent United Nations report warning that one million species of plants and animals are poised on the brink of extinction, we need to take all forest destruction very seriously
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 08:17 PM IST
By Shekar Dattatri
NDA 2.0: Environment ministry to fast-track draft policies on land banks, forest cover
The environment ministry is expecting state governments to send their comments on the draft amendment to the Indian Forest Act, which among other things, empowers forest department officials to arrest without warrant and carry arms.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 11:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
This tribal hamlet at Aarey may get electricity for first time since Independence
Residents of Naushachapada have not applied for community forest rights under the Forest Rights Act
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By Yesha Kotak, Mumbai
Don’t dilute the RTI and the forest rights Acts
It is also important to remember that both these laws were the product of sustained, grassroots-level social movements. Consequently, perhaps the surest remedy against possible future dilution may lie not in judicial challenges (although that remains important), but in popular mobilisation.
Published on May 28, 2019 07:41 PM IST
By Gautam Bhatia
A village with carbon-positive tag
Phayeng is a scheduled caste village of the Chakpa community in Imphal West district and its conservation efforts are mainly linked to the belief that the forest is a sacred grove, but the idea has changed over the years.
Published on Apr 01, 2019 06:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
In rejection of forest rights claims, duplications cited
The Supreme Court, while hearing an 11-year-old public interest case by wildlife activists challenging the FRA, has sought information on the process followed by states for rejection or recognition of claims in detailed affidavits.
Published on Mar 06, 2019 11:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
SC to consider listing fresh plea on forest dwellers’ eviction
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would consider listing of a fresh plea seeking direction to the authorities not to evict any forest dweller and to set up an SIT to look into illegal acquisition of tribals’ land.
Published on Mar 06, 2019 12:47 AM IST
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
50% of forest land right claims end in rejections
The claims are by tribal or pastoral communities seeking community rights over forest land they have inhabited for generations. Out of 4.224 million claims received, only 1.894 million titles have been distributed, 1.939 million have been rejected and a little less than 400,000 are still being assessed.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 07:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By Jayashree Nandi
Supreme Court puts on hold its order to evict forest dwellers
The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold its own February 13 order for the eviction of 1 million tribespeople and others who allegedly encroached on forest lands.
Published on Feb 28, 2019 10:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Bhadra Sinha
Supreme Court agrees to hear plea on forest dwellers’ eviction
The Centre submitted the court must interpret the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, under which the claims were rejected, liberally.
Updated on Feb 27, 2019 11:30 PM IST
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Karnataka tribal communities allege false rejection of claims under FRA
The Siddis, an ethnic group in Uttara Kannada, filed over 2,300 claims of residence but nearly half were rejected.
Updated on Feb 27, 2019 01:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Sibi Arasu
The Supreme Court must avoid turning into the executive
When the body charged by the Constitution to protect our rights begins to act like the government that it is meant to protect us from, we should all start to worry.
Updated on Feb 26, 2019 07:39 AM IST
By Gautam Bhatia
Mixed response to SC order on eviction of forest dwellers
While some non-government organisations urged the SC to withdraw the order till a proper rehabilitation policy is drawn up, others welcomed the order saying the law had resulted in “fragmentation” of forest land.
Updated on Feb 22, 2019 07:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Supreme Court orders eviction of 1.1 mn forest families
The law provides for giving land rights to those living on forest land for at least three generations before December 31, 2005.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 06:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Chetan Chauhan
Govt may review old schemes to save funds to waive farmers loans
The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh may review several schemes initiated by the previous Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to fund the party’s promise to waive farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh per head.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 07:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Ranjan
Dalit teen arrested in MP for sending ‘derogatory’ Lord Hanuman photo on WhatsApp
Police said a complaint was filed against the 17-year-old for hurting religious sentiments by posting a picture of Lord Hanuman seated along with BR Ambedkar in which the deity was saying some words of apology which were objectionable.
Updated on Dec 09, 2018 09:27 AM IST
Bhopal/Sagar | By Anupam Pateriya
Wrong to divide Gods into castes: Uttar Pradesh minister hits out at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Published on Dec 03, 2018 11:14 AM IST
Muzaffarnagar | By Press Trust of India
Legal notice sent to Yogi for ‘calling Hanuman a Dalit’
Rajasthan Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha president Suresh Mishra has now sent a notice to Adityanath, accusing him of dragging Lord Hanuman’s caste for political gain for the BJP in Rajasthan where assembly polls will be held on December 7.
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 11:03 AM IST
Jaipur | By Press Trust of India, Jaipur
Supreme Court directs status quo on relocation of Van Gujjars
In a major relief to Van Gujjars or nomadic pastoralists residing in the Corbett Tiger Reserve who were directed to be relocated by the Uttarakhand high court
Published on Sep 24, 2018 05:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Nainital | By Neeraj Santoshi, Nainital
Rajaji tigers straying in Haridwar division, NTCA releases funds for better patrolling
The authorities at the porous Rajaji Tiger Reserve are worried over the increasing numbers of tigers
Published on Apr 12, 2018 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By Nihi Sharma
We will wait for government to fulfil our demands, says leader of kisan long march
MLA from Kalvan in Nashik district is one of three leaders that led the ‘kisan long march’ to Mumbai last week. Gavit is very clear about what will happen if tribal farmers’ demands are not met this time
Updated on Mar 20, 2018 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Vaishali Balajiwale