By गाँव कनेक्शन
As part of the Abua Bir Dishom campaign, Jharkhand has set a target to provide community forest rights titles to 10,000 villages, individual forest rights to around 1,00,000 families and also dispose of 20,679 pending claims.
As part of the Abua Bir Dishom campaign, Jharkhand has set a target to provide community forest rights titles to 10,000 villages, individual forest rights to around 1,00,000 families and also dispose of 20,679 pending claims.
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 Pratyaksh Srivastava
In a virtual seminar organised to address issues regarding laws that regulate land ownership in Maharashtra, speakers highlighted that the legal framework needs an overhaul. The speakers held that the existing laws are based on a colonial interpretation of the land rights and ignore the socio-economic realities of post-independence India.
In a virtual seminar organised to address issues regarding laws that regulate land ownership in Maharashtra, speakers highlighted that the legal framework needs an overhaul. The speakers held that the existing laws are based on a colonial interpretation of the land rights and ignore the socio-economic realities of post-independence India.
By Satish Malviya
Following the sighting of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard in 1981, Karera Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district as a conservation effort. At least 32 villages fall within the boundaries of the sanctuary and want to be excluded from it. They have warned of a massive protest from April 15. But, why do they want the denotification? A ground report.
Following the sighting of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard in 1981, Karera Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district as a conservation effort. At least 32 villages fall within the boundaries of the sanctuary and want to be excluded from it. They have warned of a massive protest from April 15. But, why do they want the denotification? A ground report.
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 Nidhi Jamwal
Researchers and activists working with the tribals and other forest-dwelling communities pooh-pooh Union environment ministry's recent data on encroachment on the forest land. Unless the Forest Rights Act of 2006 is implemented in both letter and spirit, encroachment will remain a contentious issue.
Researchers and activists working with the tribals and other forest-dwelling communities pooh-pooh Union environment ministry's recent data on encroachment on the forest land. Unless the Forest Rights Act of 2006 is implemented in both letter and spirit, encroachment will remain a contentious issue.
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
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
By Arun Singh
Runj medium irrigation project in Panna district is in the eye of the storm as project affected villages, majority of them adivasis, complain that they have not been compensated even though 60% of the dam construction work is over.
Runj medium irrigation project in Panna district is in the eye of the storm as project affected villages, majority of them adivasis, complain that they have not been compensated even though 60% of the dam construction work is over.
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.