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19 Abril 2017
PUNE: More than 15,000 farmers' families in Pune district's Indapur, Baramatiand Daund talukas have been deprived of land ownership rights.
Their mutation extracts mention the title of " reserved forestland" when they were given the land as a rehabilitation measure.These farmers are unable to…
19 Abril 2017
The government passed three vital laws - Double Registration Prevention Act, Assigned Lands Regularisation Act and Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2017 - to safeguard people and avert civil disputes on land holdings as part of revenue reforms, Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamurthy said on…
17 Abril 2017
New Zealand and India recognize personhood for ecosystems
Winding its way through dense forest laced with hidden waterfalls, the Whanganui River is the largest navigable river in Aotearoa, the Māori word for New Zealand. With the passage of the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement…
IWD: Women celebrate distinct land rights earned in rehabilitation & facilitate centenarian women ()
9 Março 2017
Hundreds of Sardar Sarovar affected Adivasis, farmers, fish workers, boatmen, artisans and worker had filed their applications for their livelihood based rehabilitation ensuring justice.
Following the Supreme Court judgment of 8th February, 2017, there is a mixed reaction in the valley. No doubt…
1 Março 2017
By:Rina Chandran
Date: 28 February 2017
Source: Reuters
DHAMDITOLA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the pleasant climate of February, it is hard to imagine that day time temperatures in May in the arid Vidarbha region of India's Maharashtra state can climb to a sweltering 48 degrees…
27 Fevereiro 2017
Date: 27 February 2017
Source: The New Indian Express
Over 1,500 tribal farmers from neighbouring Palghar district, who had used RTI effectively to establish their forest rights about three years ago, resorted to a novel agitation called ‘Queue Satyagraha’ on Monday.
“We had resorted to am…
20 Fevereiro 2017
By: Moushumi Das Gupta
Date: 17 February 2017
Source: The Hindustan times
An excavation machine is furiously dredging sand from a stretch of the Ken river bed flowing through Kartal village in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. A short distance away , rows of trucks are lined up to ferry away the sand to…
8 Fevereiro 2017
By: Utpal Parashar
Date: 8 February 2017
Source: Hindustan times
Nagaland has been on the boil for two weeks now over municipal elections that were to be held on February 1.
The protest that was sparked off by a decision of the Nagaland State Assembly to give women 33% reservation on seats…
30 Janeiro 2017
By: R. Avadhani
Date: 30 January 2017
Source: The Hindu
Dispossessed by the proposed Mallannasagar project, owner of half an acre land loses confidence and is pushed to take the extreme step
After surrendering his half an acre of land to Government for the Mallannasagar Project, marginal…
26 Janeiro 2017
MUMBAI, Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A villainous company. Corrupt government officials. A heroic defender of farmers emerging victorious from a fight over land.
This is far from a typical storyline for Indian film, which more often promises movie-goers a diet of syrupy romances, family…
25 Janeiro 2017
By: Nisha Nambiar
Date: 25 January 2017
Source: Times of Inadia
The ownership rights of nearly 516 cases of private land spread on 3,593.28 hectares acquired for government purposes in Pune division has come under the scanner after the names of government organization did not reflect in…
12 Dezembro 2015
By: Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Updated: Dec 12, 2015
India witnessed an impressive surge in the number of women owning or managing agricultural land in 2001-11 with landholdings under them registering a faster growth in this period than the ones controlled by men, shows…