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 …
The people of Chepdu village in Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. This year, however, his widow Bimla Joshi has cancelled it. She cannot accept Rs 3 lakh that the Satluj Jal …
BHADRAK: Migration is no longer confined to KBK region. The search for better life and livelihood has had thousands of people of Bhadrak district migrate to various states. The exodus has reached an alarming rate despite the State Government
PARADIP: The ongoing impasse over the Posco project has taken its toll on mental health of the villagers of Dhinkia, Gobindpur and Patana. Aggrieved with the loss of their treasure troves, the betel vines which are presently being demolished, many villagers have lost their mental balance. To add to the …
Natural disasters claimed 58 lives in several parts of the country from mid-May to as of now, according to National Emergency Centre under the Home Ministry. The Centre said 17 people are missing because of natural disasters. Property worth around Rs 20.48 million was damaged and 80 people injured in …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa government on Tuesday resumed work on the land taken over for South Korean steel major Posco's project in Jagatsinghpur district, an official said. The work was halted a week ago due to villagers' opposition. "Works such as cutting trees and sand filling was resumed at Nolia Sahi …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has found loopholes in the relief and rehabilitation package offered to villagers affected by the Tarapur atomic power station but said that the government would soon rectify the problem. In the backdrop of the Japanese quake and the subsequent disaster, the authority also announced …
This is a report from Office of the Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioners on food-nutrition insecurity and starvation in 15 villages of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh displaced due to the Sardar Sarovar Project. This report is on food-nutrition insecurity and starvation in 15 villages of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh, …
Tribals continue to be at the highest risk of eviction as their regions have the largest number of pending development programmes. And tbey suffer the most even when it comes to land-to-land compensation package. But the new land acquisition bill won’t bring relief to tribals says Richard Mohapatra.
How the State has responded to the fasts of Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev and Medha Patkar and how the media has portrayed them are a study in contrasts and say something about our society.
An analysis of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and its interpretation by the courts shows that the holder or tenant of the land has suffered in major ways. It gives the government complete power to acquire land for any “public purpose” while the courts have virtually adopted a handsoff attitude …
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Saturday said peaceful settlement of Posco impasse was possible through talks and offered to work as a facilitator between the Odisha government and anti- Posco agitators. Peaceful settlement of the Posco issue is quite possible. I am willing to play the role of a …
Identifying land and water as the two most crucial prerequisites for promoting industrialisation, Planning Commission has asked the government to earmark land allotment 25-50 years in advance of actual setting up of any utility. The Plan panel
New Delhi:There may soon be another layer of clearance for mega projects like Posco with the Centre considering the demand that the Union tribal affairs ministry be made a mandatory clearing house for proposals which displace STs. A committee of secretaries has been set up to look into the demand …
RECENTLY, THERE has been an attempt to besmirch the reputation of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in the public eye. Greater concern attaches to the fact that on 11 May, the Supreme Court (SC) criticised the ‘conduct’ of the NBA, which stood “discredited in the eyes of the court” and …
Mining companies must share profits with local communities says this latest CSE report. Supports the proposal to share 26 per cent net profits and shows that mining industry’s opposition to this has no basis. Mining companies must share profits with local communities says this latest CSE report. Supports the proposal …
Beacuse of the pressure of development, displacement of people from project sites has become an ubiquitous phenomenon. Relatively high rate of growth of the Indian economy has added new dimensions and diversity to project-related displacement. Development projects call for acquisition of land which, undertaken on a large scale and without …
Two important and related Bills are under consideration of the Government of India. These are the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill,2009 and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009. The first proposes amendments to the Land Acquisition Act 1894, and the latter a statutory framework for Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of persons displaced …
For the last few decades and more particularly since 1990’s the issue of human rights-violation of rights to life and livelihood of tribal peoples’ is a central concern. Therefore, the discourse on tribal movements and issues of tribal livelihood revolved around securing their well-defined rights on land and forest resources. …
This report by the Ministry of Mines presents the draft Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) for the mining sector in India in light of the recommendations of the Anwarul Hoda Committee, a High Level Committee set up by the Planning Commission in 2005. The draft SDF prepared by ERM India Pvt. …
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources. Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh …
