After rejecting a proposal last year, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) has recommended clearance of land for the controversial Kalu dam in

More than 300 people from tribal communities, including women, who are living in the foothills of Kolli Hills staged a demonstration on the premises of the Forest Range Office in Rasipuram on Thurs

CAG sees weak political will, highlights failure of scheme

A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has charged the State with a lack of political will in providing land to landless tribal people in the State.
The Audit Report (General and Social Sector) of the CAG for the financial year 2011-12 accuses the government of tardy implementation of a Rs. 175-crore scheme for the resettlement of landless tribal people launched in 2001.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who reviewed the drinking water facilities in different parts of the State at a meeting on Tuesday, directed the officials of the Rural Development department to take

Tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has trashed the circular issued by the environment ministry that seeks to dilute the rights of tribals on forestland, making public the differences wit

About 1.3 billion people in South-East Asia continue to be at risk of malaria, even though substantial progress has been made in controlling the disease.

The Supreme Court judgment last week directing Orissa to hold gram sabha meetings in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts over whether bauxite mining can be allowed in the Niyamgiri mountains has opene

Here is proof that it is almost impossible for a project put up for clearance to be really rejected by the environment ministry.

A package for Attappadi tribal hamlets is likely to take a final shape in Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, after several deaths due to malnutrition were reported from the area.

At a time when malnutrition deaths among tribal children in Attappady have raised questions on the food and nutritional security of tribal populations in the state, Edavakagramapanchayath in Wayana