Include eggs in nation’s food security programme, demand activists
People’s Budget Initiative says implementation of food security programme discouraging
Arvind Netam
ARVIND NETAM was, till the mid-1990s, one of the most promising tribal politicians of India. He was deputy minister of education in 1973. He …
Jual Oram
JUAL ORAM, Union minister of tribal affairs, is in the Lok Sabha from the Sundargarh constituency in Orissa
Jayanta Rongpi
JAYANTA RONGPI is a doctor and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). He represents Karbi-Anglong in Assam, a seat reserved …
Mansukhbhai Vasava
MANSUKHBHAI VASAVA is the only independent Scheduled Tribe member of parliament in Lok Sabha. He represents the Bharuch parliamentary constituency,…
Shibu Soren
SHIBU 'GURUJI' SOREN of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has been a prominent figure in the struggle for Jharkhand and is equally well-known for the …
Yamuna Singh
YAMUNA SINGH, Jharkhand's minister of environment and forest since the state's creation, is from the Kharwar tribe. Down To Earth spoke to him …
"Police firing will keep happening"
BABULAL MARANDI was the Union minister of state for environment when he took over as the chief minister of Jharkhand in 2000. In March 2003, he …
"I will get the Koel-Karo project reviewed"
ARJUN MUNDA, the newly sworn in chief minister of Jharkhand, spoke to Down To Earth the day he announced his cabinet
Tussle over land
Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources
Don't ignore the deadly sign
Government buckles under pressure from tobacco industry and halts order on large pictorial warnings on tobacco products. Will profit prevail over …
Colonial hangover persists
Forest Act Amendment Bill maintains the forest department as the supreme controlling agency
The promise of Dayamani
Adivasi activists, however successful in mobilising grassroots struggles, have seldom been able to make a dent in Parliament. Will Dayamani Barla …
As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning
Delhi-NCR air quality in October, November 2022 best in 7 years, Ashwini Kumar Choubey tells Lok Sabha
European Parliament rejects Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Act makes it possible to seize and destroy even legitimately produced generic drugs exported from India to poor countries
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
Righting the copywrong
Amending the Copyright Act to give directors, composers and musicians rights over their work has corrected a historic wrong but trouble is brewing
Fate of Lokpal Bill hangs in balance
Opposition parties and ally Trinamool want states to decide on appointing lokayuktas
EU's biofuel policy fuelling food inflation: ActionAid
Report predicts forced displacement of poor people from their land to meet EU targets to grow fuel crops
Have India's tribal leaders failed their people?
India has the largest tribal population in the world. But they are also the most marginalised section of society. What is it in India's political …
The pirates come ashore
German Pirate Party’s strong showing in the May elections is a sign that anti-IPR movements resonate with the people
Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order
As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …
Environment ministry rapped
Parliament committee says serious inadequacies in afforestation, biodiversity programmes
Parliament committee indicts drugs regulatory authority
Drugs which are banned in developed countries are approved in India without clinical trials
A step-by-step guide on how Union budget is formulated
To start the process, the budget division issues an annual budget circular around the last week of August or the first fortnight of September …