-Press release by Rythu Swarajya Vedika dated March 8, 2022 A new report on tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Swarajya Vedika reveals how the denial of land owners' signatures on the Crop Cultivator Rights Cards is adversely affecting them. The Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), a network of organizations and individuals working for the well-being and rights of farming community, released Part-1 of the report of its extensive study of tenant farmers...

-Deccan Chronicle The report revealed that 24 lakh tenant farmers existed in the State while the agriculture department put the figure at 16 lakh Vijayawada: The situation of tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh is in a dire situation with only 9.6 per cent receiving Crop Cultivating Rights Cards and only three per cent landless tenant farmers getting Rythu Bharosa scheme, said a study conducted by Rythu Swarajya Vedika, which released a report...

-Newsclick.in Across states, Adivasi women have been at the frontline when it has come to stand up for their lands. However, gender-based violence against them continues unabated till today. New Delhi: Adivasi women in India continue to pay the price for being defenders of their lands, shows a report by advocacy group Survival International released on the occasion of International Women's Day. The report titled ‘Brutalized for resistance: The assault on Indigenous women...

-Newsclick.in Contrary to the claims made in the official report about increased forest cover in India, experts revealed that data was manipulated to create a different picture than reality. Nimli (Rajasthan): Amid increasing challenges of climate change, it may surprise many that India is manipulating data to show increasing forest cover and misrepresenting what forest in the real sense should be. Experts have questioned it and raised the issue of how the...

-Newsclick.in Slope destabilisation, soil erosion and sequestered carbon loss have increased, according to Ravi Chopra. Noted Dehradun-based environmentalist Ravi Chopra recently resigned as the chairman of the Supreme Court (SC)-appointed High Powered Committee (HPC) overseeing the environmental impact of the Narendra Modi government’s Rs 12,000 crore 889-km Char Dham highway widening project in Uttarakhand.  The Char Dham project, one of the largest road-widening projects in the Himalayan region, intends to connect the four...