The media and the republic

Self-governance in tribal villages is not a threat to national sovereignty

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Zero hour

Poverty begets poverty

A 30-year survey of the poor gives a wake-up call

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

Heads without tails

My god v your resource

Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life

Acquisition made easy

Losers again

Injustice gets nastier

GDP ignores cost to the environment

Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?

Inheritance of loss

Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट: हर पेड़ की कटाई के साथ ही गरीब हो जाते हैं बस्तर के आदिवासी

आधुनिक विकास के जख्म देखने हों तो बस्तर के आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र के किसी भी गांव में चले जाइए, हालांकि इसके लिए आपको सुरक्षा ...

Second disempowerment

Tribals have lost their decision-making power twice; first to the state then to the Maoists

Roles have reversed

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Chitapur: A village that counts its GDP in tamarind trees

Staple food grain being supplied cheaper, forest produce become the most important economy in forest-dwelling villages, sidelining agriculture

आधे से ज्यादा आदिवासियों ने घर छोड़ा

आदिवासी खेती से मुंह मोड़ रहे हैं। हर दूसरा आदिवासी परिवार असंगठित क्षेत्र में मजदूरी कर गुजर-बसर को मजबूर है

More than 50% of India’s tribal population has moved out of traditional habitats

Tribals are quitting farming fast; every second household now survives on manual labour in an informal economy

वन क्षेत्र में वृद्धि वाले दस देशों में भारत भी शामिल: एफएओ

एफएओ ने 2010 से 2020 के दशक में दुनिया भर के वन संसाधनों का मूल्यांकन के बाद रिपोर्ट जारी की है

A success story

The 2003 monsoon could herald a great change in the socio-economic landscape of village Birora Kheth in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. …

‘Independent India worse for tribals’

Widely respected in the civil society, B D Sharma spent his life fighting for the rights of tribals for about four decades. Excerpts from a …

The Northeast's power burden

The centrality of the Northeast to India's ambitious national electrification plan cannot be overstated, since the region will be required to …

THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE

Tiny forgotten villages teach India a firsthand lesson in governance. Down To Earth reporters and photographers fan out to six states to discover …

Seeking Reliance

The Andhra Pradesh government is giving forests that sustain tribal communities to the Reliance group of industries for plantations. That, too, …