Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Vesting legal power in the Commissioner, Indore division, the Madhya Pradesh Government has authorised him to lawfully redress applications submitted to him by persons displaced by the Maheshwar hydel project who are dissatisfied with the rehabilitation process. These powers have been vested in the Commissioner, Indore division, through a notification …
This article presents an investigation into strategies employed by privately-owned companies to gain access to land for resource extraction in Jharkhand where much of the land being put under the shovel is inalienable adivasi or tribal land and deedless commons. It concludes that although policy reforms are welcome, cosmetic changes …
Conflict, population displacement and high food prices mean millions of people in South Sudan face hunger this year, two U.N. food agencies said on Wednesday. The number of people with insecure food supplies has risen to 4.7 million in 2012 from 3.3 million in 2011, a report by the Food …
MUMBAI: The government has been abandoning people in M-East ward with the same indifference and insouciance as it has been depositing rubbish there for years. Waves of people displaced from different parts of the city for MUTP, MUIP and Brimstowad projects have been rehoused in the ward since 2004. But …
This paper gives a broad overview of the laws and policies of land acquisition in India, concentrating on the practices of 5 states of India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka), and looking more particularly at the practices of land banking, and land acquisitions for tourism related projects.
The mandatory body of the water and power sector, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) claimed the disbursement of Rs 66.347 billion against resettlement work and payment of compensation to displaced people of Mangla Dam upraising project, costing Rs 101.364 billion. Well-informed sources in the Ministry of Water and Power …
Dhanbad, Jan. 29: More than 2,000 people displaced by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) marched to Maithon’s BSK College Ground, 45 km from the district headquarter, today to take part in a public meeting organised by Adivasi Mahasabha, an organisation that has been fighting for the rights of the displaced …
Not only are the Forest Rights Act and the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Act routinely violated in Chhattisgarh, the adivasis are also short-changed on legislative representation and reservations in government jobs. As the state cedes land to capital while reducing the adivasis to an ornamental presence, there is increasing …
‘Governments snatching lands without consent of gram sabhas' Noted social activist Medha Patkar has alleged that indiscriminate acquisition of farm and forest lands by the governments in the name of development without the approval of the ‘gram sabhas' concerned amounted to snatching the livelihood of weaker sections, mainly Adivasis. Ms. …
The question is whether the protests across the world can be channelled to shape a better tomorrow According to Time magazine, the 2011 person of the year is “the protester”. Clearly, this is the image that has captured the world — from dissent against the lack of democracy and repression …
Refusing to be deterred by the biting cold, the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) and Jobat dam-affected adivasi oustees successfully completed three full weeks (21 days) of their indefinite action at the Agricultural and Seed Production Farm, Jobat where they have occupied and have been cultivating government-owned land. Except for the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has sought a status report from the State Government on the Posco project which has been stalled following the violence in Ground Zero this month which claimed one person. This assumes significance as the Centre’s query on the largest-single foreign direct investment (FDI) of the country comes …
India has made a long journey in the field of irrigation by raising the irrigation coverage from 22.6 million ha in 1951 to 100 million ha in 2005. Consequently the food-grain production was raised from 50 million tons to 210 tons in above period. However from the past experience, it …
Riverbank erosion is one of the most unpredictable and critical type of disasters that takes into account the quantity of rainfall, soil structure, river morphology, topography of river and adjacent areas, and floods. Such calamity took tolls less in lives but more in livelihood as agricultural land and homesteads along …
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the State and Central governments to drop proposals for mining bauxite in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam. There was widespread opposition from people belonging to the plains and tribes who had not given their consent for bauxite mining. Human Rights Forum State president …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment reviewed the government rules for allocation of title deeds to forest dwellers in this report on Forest Rights Act, 2006. This Report of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment deals with the action taken by the Government on the …
Guwahati, Dec. 20: The Opposition AIUDF today sought permanent resident certificate (PRC) for internally displaced persons. Speaking in the Assembly, AIUDF legislator from Baghbor Sherman Ali Ahmed made a strong case for issuance of the official document on the ground that since those affected by erosion were not rehabilitated, they …
Last week’s clash near Posco’s project site in Odisha is brewing trouble for the South Korean steelmaker and the state government, with legislators demanding a probe into why the main accused in the clash has not been arrested. State legislators on Monday demanded the immediate arrest of Bapi Sarkhel, a …
The resettlement packages offered to slum dwellers in Mumbai not only violate their right to shelter but also lead to deterioration in their quality of life. There is an urgent need to calculate the cost of repeated demolitions that push slum dwellers to the city’s outer limits against that of …
This article traces the shifting visibility of the river Yamuna in the social and ecological imagination of Delhi. It delineates how the riverbed has changed from being a neglected “non-place” to prized real estate for private and public corporations. It argues that the transformation of an urban commons into a …
