-TheWire.in Issues tied to Forest governance require a collaborative approach rather than narrow court action on the Forest Rights Act. The Supreme Court order related to the “eviction” of tribal and Forest-dwelling communities has made big news. The February 13 order directing state governments to initiate action against all those with “rejected” claims has reignited longstanding ideological disputes over India’s Forest governance. Reactions to the recent order in a case filed by Wildlife...
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In Rajasthan, Forest Rights Act was wantonly flouted to reject Adivasis' claims to their land -Nihar Gokhale
-Scroll.in They were told to furnish non-existent records, their claims were illegally decided by Forest guards, they were not informed of rejections or allowed to appeal. Breaking the law isn’t something one is usually proud of. But for Devi Lal, a resident of a Forest village in southern Rajasthan, a court summons for encroaching on Forest land in 2002 is a prized possession. A quiet, tall man dressed in a dhoti, kurta and...
More »50% of Forest land right claims end in rejections -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The claims are by tribal or pastoral communities seeking community rights over Forest land they have inhabited for generations. Out of 4.224 million claims received, only 1.894 million titles have been distributed, 1.939 million have been rejected and a little less than 400,000 are still being assessed. One out of every two claims made since 2007 by Forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act has been rejected, data from...
More »Aravallis in Faridabad deemed Forest, rules NGT
-The Hindu Plea against nod for felling of trees New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that Aravallis in Faridabad district will be considered as deemed Forest. The NGT was hearing a plea against the Haryana government permitting felling of more than 7,000 trees for a group housing project, to be undertaken by Bharti Land Limited. A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, “It is difficult to uphold...
More »How India's anganwadi system is getting some things very right despite its many flaws -Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta
-The Hindu ICDS is the world’s biggest mother and child nutrition and care programme It is an early spring morning. We are walking deep inside hilly country in Karnataka’s Malnad region. When the monsoon comes, rainfall will be intense in these parts, and will continue for many months. This is coffee terrain. With the great tall trees above us, and the plantation ahead of us, we have been walking on this narrow path...
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