-Down to Earth The committee has to meet regularly to come up with suggestions on the way forward regarding the implementation problems of FRA The Union government September 10, 2020, created an inter-ministerial committee comprising officials from the environment and tribal affairs ministries , to look into the issues plaguing the Schedule Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 or FRA. The officials of both ministries blamed the poor...

-The Hindu The new labour codes do little to provide better pay and definitive Rights to platform workers The new Code on Social Security allows a platform worker to be defined by their vulnerability — not their labour, nor the vulnerabilities of platform work. Swiggy workers have been essential during the pandemic. Even so, they have faced a continuous dip in pay and no rewards for being essential workers. During the last six...

-Scroll.in The head of European Parliament’s panel urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pledge to promote and protect human Rights. The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday cautioned India against targeting religious minorities in the country, particularly Muslims. It urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pledge to promote and protect human Rights. In a statement, Maria Arena, the chief of the panel, said that protests over the...

-The Telegraph The move is likely to settle the citizenship problem of lakhs of people who crossed over to Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has started regularising refugee colonies on central government land by offering freehold Rights to those living on the plots for more than 40 years. The move is likely to settle the citizenship problem of lakhs of people who crossed over to Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh. During...

-Down to Earth Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has hit the forest dwellers in India hard: The pandemic has led to a loss of livelihood and employment, caused food insecurity and socio-economic distress for the marginalised forest-dwelling communities, according to a new report. Atrocities and injustices faced by these communities due to forest,...