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Prem Mardi vs Union of India :- Did the Court fail the tribes and adivasis?

It is the duty of all people who love our country to see that no harm is done to the Scheduled Tribes and that they are given all help to bring them up in economic and social status, since they have been victimized for thousands of years by terrible oppression and atrocities. The mentality of our country towards the tribal’s must change, and they must be given respect they deserve as the original inhabitants of India” – Supreme Court of India, in Kailas vs State of Maharashtra (2011) 1 SCC 793. Read more

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Constitutional conversations on Adivasi rights

Even 67 years after Independence, the problems of Adivasi communities are about access to basic needs. These include, but are not restricted to, elementary education, community healthcare, sustainable livelihood support, the public distribution system, food security, drinking water and sanitation, debt, and infrastructure. Read more

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A glass half empty for Adivasis

Even as countrywide protests against the land ordinance gain momentum, Adivasi communities living in mineral-rich areas are apprehensive of what awaits them as the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2015 (MMDRA) has received presidential assent and the government has drafted Rules for some clauses of the Act. Read more

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Vth General Assembly

mines, minerals & People organised its ‘Fifth General Assembly’ in Anandwan, Warora (Maharashtra) under the aegis of ‘Maharogi Sewa Samiti’. It was held from 27th February to 01st March 2015. mm&P is an alliance of communities affected by mining, around 250 members from 15 states participated to share their issues and to prioritise areas of concern. Sessions on alliance building, legal changes, community interface with natural resources and models for transferring benefits to communities were of importance to the participants.

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Right place, wrong arrangement

The targeted attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh against the State Congress leadership in which V.C. Shukla, Mahendra Karma and the party’s other top leaders were killed has rekindled a familiar debate on the military aspects of counterinsurgency. However, the continuing cycle of violence in the State underscores the need for a closer examination of the social and political impact of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution through which the tribal areas of peninsular India are governed. Read more

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