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Mumbai – Aarey tribals reject state govt’s offer of rehabilitation

Clara.Lewis MUMBAI: Tribals from three hamlets in Aarey Colony have refused to be shifted elsewhere as part of the Force One Rehabilitation plan. At a meeting with minister of state for Housing-Ravindra Waikar, who is also the local MLA, on Saturday, tribals demanded they… Continue Reading →

Tamil Nadu – Thoothukudi residents resist Sterlite expansion

Children’s placards read: ‘Sterlite: mercy killers’ 15th February.  On Monday up to 500 people declared a hunger strike and indefinite protest against the planned expansion of Vedanta subsidiary Sterlite’s copper smelter in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu. Two days into the protest… Continue Reading →

How corporate land grab is sought to be legitimized in Chhattisgarh by misusing legal framework

  By Sudha Bharadwaj* There would be little doubt in the mind of even the most cursory observer of contemporary events in Chhattisgarh, that the most burning issue agitating the peasantry and adivasis there today, is displacement on an unprecedented… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews -Australian govt will not finance Adani group’s rail link project #StopAdani

Adani has sought a 900 million dollar concessional loan for rail to link the Carmichael mine to port. Press Trust of India, Sydney A protester holds a sign as he participates in a national Day of Action against Adani’s planned… Continue Reading →

India – Tribal development scheme reduced to tokenism

Ishan Kukreti   Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana was introduced in 2014 for the overall development of tribal communities  On December, 12, 2016, the Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor told the Lok Sabha that Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana will only retain a… Continue Reading →

India – How A ‘Pro-Poor’ Budget Downplays Programmes That Fund The Poor

Avani Kapur,   Budget speeches are all about messaging. While we all speculated on what the budget will hold for the social sector, many of us, got it wrong.   This year’s budget speech did not focus on investments in… Continue Reading →

India – Denied land, Dalit women stake claims in collectives

  Rina Chandran PALLUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fed up with local officials denying their demand for land, 40 women decided to form a collective and simply start farming a plot near their village of Pallur, in India’s southern… Continue Reading →

India – NREGA budget for 2018-19 falls in real terms #Budget2018

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) budget for 2018-19 is Rs 55,000 crores, the same as that of this year’s in money terms. (The initial budget of Rs 48,000 crores for 2017-18 was supplemented with Rs 7,000 crores in January 2018)…. Continue Reading →

Jharkhand -Adanis get cash deadline- Rs 200 crore to compensate land losers

SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA Ranchi: The Godda district administration asked the Adani Group, which is setting up a proposed 1,600 MW power plant, to deposit Rs 200 crore in the exchequer latest by March 23 to pave way to compensate land losers… Continue Reading →

Santhal tribes revive tradition for safe drinking water #Goodnews

By reverting to the traditional practice of keeping water pots in a garsadi, a raised platform, villagers in Jharkhand have successfully prevented contamination of drinking water, improving health in households Shahnawaz Alam Deoghar, Jharkhand   Sumitra Soren of Bhurkundi village in… Continue Reading →

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