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 ...

The media and the republic

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

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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A great sweep

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

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

Zero hour

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. …

Poverty begets poverty

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

‘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 …

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

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 …

Heads without tails

My god v your resource

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

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, …

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Acquisition made easy

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Pitfalls of a uniform food regime

In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …