-Caravandaily.com The tribal representation appealed to President of India to use his authority as guardian of the constitution to prevent this planned mass evictions as the projects are ill conceived and constitute a form of land grab. NEW DELHI: As about three lakh people from tribal communities in Jharkhand are facing eviction from their homes due to some projects, their representative group met President of India Ram Nath Kovind here on Friday...
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Supreme Court's under-18 ruling triggers fresh debate on teen sexuality -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's ruling that sex between a man and his wife under 18 years of age would be rape has triggered a fresh debate on how the government and courts will deal with social realities like consensual sex between adolescents. Gender rights activists welcomed the judgment saying it may reduce instances of child marriages, but said the decision has come as a blow to individual's...
More »Rights for the rightful owners -Brinda Karat
-The Hindu On the tenth anniversary of the historic passage of the Forest Rights Act, tribal resistance to defend their rights is growing even as government after government tries to dilute its provisions On this day 10 years ago the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was passed in the Lok Sabha. Its conception and passage was the result of the decades of struggles and...
More »Retaining MGNREGA's core -Brinda Karat
-The Hindu Held to account by the Supreme Court, the Central government is using opaque methods to change the key provisions of the employment guarantee scheme and make it targeted instead of universal. There is a pithy saying in Hindi that the elephant has two sets of teeth, one for show and the other to eat. This seems an apt description of the approach of the Narendra Modi government towards the implementation...
More »Activists, Academics Write Open Letter to PM Modi on the Drought
-TheWire.in According to the central government’s statement to the Supreme Court last week, a third of the India’s districts are currently facing a severe drought. This means that at least 33 crore Indians are affected by ongoing the crisis. Expressing their deep concern on the issue and the impact it is having on rural populations of the country, and asking that the government take appropriate relief measures immediately, more than 150 academics...
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