The Indian Express | Aug 10, 2022
Speaking in Gujarat, Arvind Kejriwal declared a six-point “guarantee” for tribals, including the “strict implementation” of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act. What is the PESA Act? Why have there been implementation gaps?
Read moreNews Click | Ayaskant Das | 29 Jul 2022
Penalties for delayed payment of royalties will be halved; new rules allow bypassing Gram Sabhas before diverting forest lands.
New Delhi: Even as big corporate entities have queued up to acquire mining rights over coal blocks from which they can sell the extracted minerals at the highest prices, the Modi government has proposed to halve the penalty rate that is binding upon leaseholders for failing to pay their royalties in time. The existing rate of 24% interest against delay in payments of royalties or rents to the Central government against minerals extracted from coal mines will be reduced to 12%.
Read moreDown to Earth | Ravi Rebbapragada | July 20, 2022
The tribal communities of India hope that as president, Murmu will be able to ameliorate their suffering caused due to a host of factors
Droupadi Murmu will become India’s first Adivasi president if she wins the 2022 Presidential election.
Read moreThe News Minute | June 29, 2022
Farmer agitations over Podu land are being reported from the erstwhile Adilabad district, Routasankepalli in Asifabad and from Mancherial district.
Read moreNews Click | Abir Dasgupta | 28 Jun 2022
Governor Ganeshi Lal assured the Adivasis that he would write to the Odisha Chief Minister recommending that they be rehabilitated and resettled as per law, no further projects are taken up in the area, and no penal action is initiated against them until then.
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