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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
© 2024 Kractivism — Powered by WordPress
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑