In the general election this year, India’s Congress Party benefited handsomely from a programme called “NREGA”, which is designed to help needy households in rural areas. Implementation started in 2005. In an interview, development economist K. P. Kannan explained what this programme is about. [ Interview mit K. P. Kannan ] What is the basic … Read more
In one of the largest financial settlements made to American Indian tribes, the federal government said it had ended dozens of lawsuits by agreeing to pay tribes more than $1 billion for the mismanagement of funds and natural resources that the government holds in trust. […] The Interior Department, which manages about 56 million acres … Read more
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade, from 2005 – 2015, with the theme of … Read more
Deccan Herald, Sunday 8 April 2012 – Mysore Illegal mining in forests is destroying the life and culture of schedule tribes, opined Dr H Sudarshan, director of Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra. He was speaking at national seminar on ‘Tribes and Analogous People in India: Contemporary Issues’ on the occasion ofInternational Day of World’s Indigenous People. The seminar … Read more
Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have lavatories while 49.8% defecate in the open. The remaining 3.2% use public toilets. […] About 77% of homes in the eastern state … Read more