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MP to observe Birsa Munda's birth anniversary as Tribal Pride Day:
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Umaria (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): Describing tribes as the mainstream of India, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced that "Tribal Pride Day" will be celebrated in the state every year on tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda's birth annive
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Efforts on to grant, safeguard rights of forest dwellers, communit
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and Rules in Jammu and Kashmir which hav
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Maha Governor promulgates notification amending Forest Rights Act
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbour
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Tribal eviction case: Brinda Karat writes to Prakash Javadekar ove
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday wrote a letter to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar expressing disappointment over absence of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the hearing of an ongoing petition in the Supreme Court challen
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I requested PM Modi to increase PMKSNY from Rs 6000 to Rs 12000 pe
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 16 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Sunday that he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence and requested him to include Chhattisgarh Forest Rights Act, 2006 leaseholders in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM
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Chhattisgarh: CM requests PM Modi to include Forest Rights Act lea
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India] June 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to include Chhattisgarh Forest Rights Act, 2006 leaseholders in the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.'
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Rahul asks Chhattisgarh CM to file review petition on SC’s order t
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to file a review petition on the Supreme Court's order directing state governments to evict tribals and other forest-dwellers whose claims under Forest
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Farmers march to Azad Maidan in Mumbai for land ownership
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the aegis of Lok Sangharsh Morcha on Thursday marched towards Azad Maidan here to press for their demands, which include farm land ownership and implementation of Forest Rights Act.
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Telangana CM assures support for farmers under Rythu Bandhu Scheme
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad, (Telangana) [India] Apr 21 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday announced that the farmers, lease holders and non-tribals cultivating land under the Recognition of Forest Rights Act (ROFR), will be covered under the Rythu Bandhu scheme.
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