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forest dweller

J&K government to implement Forest Rights Act

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chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 12:49 am IST

An alternative jobs and skill strategy for India

Migrant workers walking back to their villages, Delhi, March 27, 2020
analysis
Updated on Sept 17, 2020 05:53 am IST

‘Bastar cashew’: New source of income for forest dwellers in Maoist-hit region

The forest department claimed nearly 6,000 forest dwelling families have collected cashew this year and each family has earned the average income of ₹10,000 in Bastar.
india news
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 01:56 pm IST

India has adopted a coloniser’s approach to tribal populations

The Supreme Court of India’s ruling in February ordering the eviction of forest dwellers and tribes from India’s forests was based on petitions that deem these communities “encroachers”. They blame the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act) of 2006 for the denudation of forests.
analysis
Updated on Sept 04, 2019 12:40 pm IST

After Odisha, Chhattisgarh recognises forest rights claims

Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to give recognition to forest lands acquired by scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, according to a government statement
india news
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 02:10 am IST
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