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Social Security full retirement age to change in 2026: How will this impact you?

Social Security full retirement age rises to 67 for those born in 1960 or later, impacting benefits.
us news
Published on Dec 23, 2025 06:45 pm IST

Forest Rights recognition major issue in 153 LS constituencies, says analysis

There are 47 ST reserved seats in India out of which 42 are core FRA constituencies, as per the analysis. (Representative Image)
india news
Published on Apr 13, 2024 01:39 pm IST

Chhattisgarh to provide urban forest land under FRA to tribals for household purposes

Tribals and other traditional forest-dwellers will be provided urban forestland under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers by Chhattisgarh government
india news
Updated on Aug 10, 2020 03:07 pm IST

Tiger numbers can increase even with human cohabitation

A judicial magistrate’s court in Chamrajnagar upheld their community rights, including the crucial forest conservation and management right among others.
india news
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 10:02 am IST

There’s little evidence to show FRA is leading to large-scale deforestation

The first right FRA confers is individual forest rights (IFRs) to habitation and cultivation. The critics of FRA assailed it as a forest give-away. Some of them even took the maximum limit on IFRs (four hectares), and multiplied it by the number of scheduled tribe families in India to declare that millions of hectares of forest would be lost.
analysis
Published on Jul 15, 2019 08:12 pm IST

Nature in peril as contradictory laws continue to threaten conservation

Following the Supreme Court’s recent interventions in the Forest Rights Act (FRA) case, a flood of responses from social activists and academics are on display. (Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
india news
Updated on Jul 14, 2019 02:21 pm IST

How a social justice tool became a means to grab land in India’s forests

analysis
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 08:17 pm IST

Only 10% encroachments in Maharashtra’s forests cleared in one year: Ministry data

According to the data, Maharashtra ranked fourth in the country among states with maximum encroachment, after Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Odisha.
mumbai news
Published on Jul 01, 2019 12:11 am IST

Don’t dilute the RTI and the forest rights Acts

Based upon the principle that ecological conservation is best achieved in cooperation with indigenous forest dwellers – and by recognising them as rights-bearers, the FRA takes away power from forest bureaucracy, and vests it in some of the most vulnerable and marginalised citizens of our polity
analysis
Published on May 28, 2019 07:41 pm IST

In rejection of forest rights claims, duplications cited

State governments have attributed the high rate of rejection of forest rights claims largely to duplication of claims — either by one forest dweller making multiple claims or persons from the same family making separate claims.
india news
Published on Mar 06, 2019 11:07 pm IST

Share info on NRI, management seats: FRA to tech colleges

Private technical colleges had previously been given permission to charge higher fees for NRI and management quota seats. (Representational photo)
mumbai news
Published on Mar 06, 2019 12:21 am IST

The SC’s February 13 order on FRA was consistent with its earlier stand

On February 13, the Supreme Court asked 17 state governments to evict an estimated one million tribal and other households living in forests after their claims of the right to live in forests were rejected under The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA). On February 28, the SC ordered a stay of its order.
analysis
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Undergrad medical courses at private colleges in Maharashtra to cost 25% more

Established in 2004, the FRA is a quasi-judicial body responsible for regulating fees of all unaided private professional colleges in the state.
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 29, 2019 02:58 pm IST

Maharashtra hikes fees for postgraduate courses at 3 private medical colleges

Earlier this month, FRA ruled that the “excess” fees charged by colleges from students admitted under 35% management and 15% non-residential Indian (NRI) quota in the current academic year should be used to reduce the fees for 2019-20.
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 07:56 am IST

PG medical courses: Maharashtra govt slashes fees

The state Fee Regulating Authority has decided that “excess” fees should cross-subsidise the fees charged from other students.
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 11:11 pm IST

FRA will continue to decide fees of technical diplomas

A recent government resolution stated that colleges offering such courses will continue to be governed by the Fee Regulating Authority.
mumbai news
Published on Nov 03, 2018 01:56 pm IST

State fee regulating authority directive: No bank guarantee for medical admissions

As per the Medical Council of India(MCI) norms, the post-graduate medical student is entitled to receive a specified amount as stipend. (HT representational photo)
pune news
Updated on May 17, 2018 02:44 pm IST

PG medical admissions in Maharashtra: 820 seats up for grabs in Round 2

Of the 820 seats, 280 are the ones surrendered following All India Quota (AIQ) admissions, 150 are newly approved seats and 180 seats are the ones surrendered after the first round of allotment.
mumbai news
Updated on May 08, 2018 11:51 am IST

Pay four times more for management seat in private medical colleges in Maharashtra

Ongoing dispute between colleges and fee regulating body had jeopardised PG admissions.
mumbai news
Published on Apr 24, 2018 10:22 am IST

PG admissions: Private medical colleges in Maha seek 2 days to sort mess

But two weeks ago, private institutes sought permission for all their quota seats, which constitutes 50% of the total seats (50% is merit seats), to charge five times the regular fees.
mumbai news
Published on Apr 20, 2018 07:37 pm IST

Medical admissions chaos in Maharashtra: Private colleges allot 208 of 400 PG seats

More than a month ago, FRA had sent out a notice to all private medical and dental institutes in the state, asking them to stick to common fees for all their seats.
mumbai news
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 10:37 am IST

Adjust fees of medical students from 2017-18 batch as well: Parents

Parents have requested the state body to adjust excess fees with the one charged from students of the same batch, without giving the advantage of lower fees to the next batch.
mumbai news
Published on Mar 28, 2018 11:52 pm IST
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