By Gaon Connection
उत्तराखंड सरकार ने विकास, पर्यटन और नागरिक जीवन सुधार के लिए ऐसे फैसले किए हैं, जो सीधे आम लोगों की जिंदगी को बेहतर बनाएंगे। किसान, भूमिहीन, युवा प्रतियोगी परीक्षार्थी और शहरवासियों के लिए नई उम्मीदें और अवसर खुल रहे हैं
उत्तराखंड सरकार ने विकास, पर्यटन और नागरिक जीवन सुधार के लिए ऐसे फैसले किए हैं, जो सीधे आम लोगों की जिंदगी को बेहतर बनाएंगे। किसान, भूमिहीन, युवा प्रतियोगी परीक्षार्थी और शहरवासियों के लिए नई उम्मीदें और अवसर खुल रहे हैं
By गाँव कनेक्शन
By गाँव कनेक्शन
By Rahul Jha
Bihar's Kosi river is known to change its course of flow thereby submering new lands. Who does this submerged land belong – the government or the local villagers who farmed it before it got submerged by the river? A survey to address land titles in the state has run into rough weather as villagers along the Kosi, which brings devastating floods, fear the government will take over their farmlands.
Bihar's Kosi river is known to change its course of flow thereby submering new lands. Who does this submerged land belong – the government or the local villagers who farmed it before it got submerged by the river? A survey to address land titles in the state has run into rough weather as villagers along the Kosi, which brings devastating floods, fear the government will take over their farmlands.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Odisha is the first state in the country to allocate an exclusive budget for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Additionally, Nayagarh is the first district across India to include the community forest rights in the state’s revenue records.
Odisha is the first state in the country to allocate an exclusive budget for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Additionally, Nayagarh is the first district across India to include the community forest rights in the state’s revenue records.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
The Bill seeks to modify the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 which restricts the diversion of forested lands for non-forest purposes including clearing of any forest land or its portion for mining, agriculture or infrastructural projects. It is passed it Lok Sabha but is yet to be debated and passed in the Upper House and achieve President's assent before it becomes an Act or the law.
The Bill seeks to modify the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 which restricts the diversion of forested lands for non-forest purposes including clearing of any forest land or its portion for mining, agriculture or infrastructural projects. It is passed it Lok Sabha but is yet to be debated and passed in the Upper House and achieve President's assent before it becomes an Act or the law.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
More than a decade after the Union Environment Ministry granted clearance for setting up a thermal power plant on the Sompeta wetlands in Andhra Pradesh, the National Green Tribunal has ruled that the allocation is against the provisions of the laws which ensure environmental conservation. Details here.
More than a decade after the Union Environment Ministry granted clearance for setting up a thermal power plant on the Sompeta wetlands in Andhra Pradesh, the National Green Tribunal has ruled that the allocation is against the provisions of the laws which ensure environmental conservation. Details here.
By Manoj Choudhary
A state government scheme in Rajasthan to encourage rainwater harvesting is bearing fruit as for the first time, the farmers in the water-strapped Gironiya village, are cultivating wheat in the rabi season, and their mustard production has reportedly increased manifold.
A state government scheme in Rajasthan to encourage rainwater harvesting is bearing fruit as for the first time, the farmers in the water-strapped Gironiya village, are cultivating wheat in the rabi season, and their mustard production has reportedly increased manifold.
By Brijendra Dubey
After a 22-year long struggle for patta land, Rampyari Bai from Dhanoriya village got her 1.35 hectare land but had to pay a heavy price. She was set alight on July 2 and died on July 8. Gaon Connection travelled to her village in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh and found that there are several tribal families who have got land patta in their name but have no access to that land, which is still controlled by the mighty landlords.
After a 22-year long struggle for patta land, Rampyari Bai from Dhanoriya village got her 1.35 hectare land but had to pay a heavy price. She was set alight on July 2 and died on July 8. Gaon Connection travelled to her village in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh and found that there are several tribal families who have got land patta in their name but have no access to that land, which is still controlled by the mighty landlords.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
In Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, hundreds of villagers displaced by the construction of Kharak dam continue to demonstrate outside the District Collectorate’s office. They demand compensation for the loss of their lands in adherence to the Supreme Court order of 2017. Details here
In Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, hundreds of villagers displaced by the construction of Kharak dam continue to demonstrate outside the District Collectorate’s office. They demand compensation for the loss of their lands in adherence to the Supreme Court order of 2017. Details here