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Adivasi Legal Provisions, Languages, Locations Author : Compilation at Bhasha CentrePublisher : Bhasha Research and Publication CentreEdition : First EditionPrice : INR 250Language : EnglishNo. of Pages : 216ISBN No. :NILDescription : The book presents the Adivasi communities of …
As a New Year gift, the UPA Government notified the long-stalled Forest Rights Act, which gives tribals legal rights over forest land. The notification of the Scheduled Tribes and Other …
Government documents apply various labels besides “Scheduled Tribes” and “tribals”: Hill Tribes, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Forest Dwellers, Indigenous Communities, Aborigines, Backward Tribes, Backward Classes, Tribal Settlers, Original Settlers, Primitive …
Source: “SC criticises poor implementation of SC/ST Act” by Legal Correspondent, The Hindu (National), December 22, 2016URL: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/SC-criticises-poor-implementation-of-SCST-Act/article16921754.eceDate Visited: 10 April 2017 The Jesuit priest, who had been arrested in …
The forest department’s move to aggressively promote commercial plantation activities on community forest land in the name of compensatory afforestation is usurping the forest rights of the tribal communities. […] …
Awarded 2021 Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) is an organisation working to protect the environment in India through the creative use of law and legal processes. LIFE works …
Tribal leaders from across the globe speak up at a conclave in Jamshedpur With depleting forests, no source of livelihood and lack of basic amenities, the tribal people of Payvihir …
N. R. Madhava Menon, The Hindu Opinion, December 3, 20 To be able to deliver appropriate legal services to the rural and tribal communities, we need an alternative delivery system …