How the struggle for forest rights united a nagar panchayat & divided another in Chhattisgarh

Tumbahra & Churiyara became one of the 1st nagar panchayats to receive CFRR titles

Missing the woods for wood

Is it worthwhile to clear forests to annually earn Rs 4,500 per hectare?

Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges

Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours 

Industry emissions data incomplete, inaccessible on Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh websites: CPCB

CEMS certification system needed to improve data quality, says board

Malnourished but diabetic: An atypical form of ‘the rich man’s disease’ is spreading among Chhattisgarh’s tribals

Lean diabetes arises from intermittent starvation, overload on carbohydrate metabolism; lack of guidelines compounds problem

Life in Red corridor: Future still bleak for those displaced from Chhattisgarh

Authorities in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana claim Salwa Judum displaced from Chhatisgarh are destroying forest land

State after state fail to procure kharif paddy

2 months into procurement season, 83% paddy lifted from Punjab & Haryana only    

It will take 55 years to have one-third women representatives in Parliament

Despite women voting in record numbers, Parliament didn’t enact the Women’s Reservation Bill that promised to keep aside a third of …

Chhattisgarh govt revises District Mineral Foundation Trust composition

Despite changes, still no representation of mining-affected people in the body; state needs to consider this 

District Mineral Foundation has over Rs 11,000 crore to invest in mining-affected districts

However, funds are yet to be sanctioned for development programmes in most districts

‘The fight for Telangana is to regain control over its resources and restore cultural identity’

The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has been at the forefront of the demand for a separate Telangana state. Its chairperson M Kodandaram …