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Forest rights act

  • Grass or tree?: A rule reclassifying bamboo claims to benefit tribals – but industry will gain more

    Grass or tree?: A rule reclassifying bamboo claims to benefit tribals – but industry will gain more

    Nitin Sethi
    · Nov 29, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • How the tribal affairs ministry allowed tiger reserves to get away with displacing Adivasis

    How the tribal affairs ministry allowed tiger reserves to get away with displacing Adivasis

    Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
    · Oct 05, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Centre’s draft rules on compensatory afforestation allow gram sabha consent to be bypassed

    Centre’s draft rules on compensatory afforestation allow gram sabha consent to be bypassed

    Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
    · Aug 14, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Ten years of Forest Rights Act: Maharashtra tops in implementation – but credit goes to one district

    Ten years of Forest Rights Act: Maharashtra tops in implementation – but credit goes to one district

    Mridula Chari
    · Jul 09, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • In Himachal Pradesh, a village is using the law to take back forest land from the Forest Department

    In Himachal Pradesh, a village is using the law to take back forest land from the Forest Department

    Shazia Nigar
    · Mar 07, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • Rajya Sabha passes controversial Compensatory Afforestation Funds Bill

    Rajya Sabha passes controversial Compensatory Afforestation Funds Bill

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 28, 2016 · 07:00 pm
  • Is the environment ministry strong-arming the ministry of tribal affairs on forest rights?

    Is the environment ministry strong-arming the ministry of tribal affairs on forest rights?

    Nayantara Narayanan
    · May 04, 2016 · 08:08 pm
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