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Chhattisgarh government improving access to education, healthcare for Birh
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chhattisgarh government is working to bring the Birhor community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), into the mainstream by improving their access to education, healthcare and welfare schemes in Korba district.
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"Tribals are first owners of country," says Congress' Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stating that they (BJP) have started calling tribals as Vanvashi (forest dwellers) but tribals are the first owners of the country.
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi celebrates Diwali with forest dwellers, gifts devel
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Chief Minister also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of a total of 52 development projects worth Rs 153 crore for different gram panchayats of Gorakhpur district on the occasion.
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi to celebrate Diwali with forest dwellers
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The mood is upbeat in Tikonia No. 3 village situated in the Kushmi forest, where CM Yogi will celebrate this year's Diwali with members of the Vantangia community on Sunday.
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Madhya Pradesh shares 13 per cent forests of country: CM Chouhan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
“Madhya Pradesh has immense reserves of forest, mineral and water resources. It shares 13 percent of the country's forests.Dense forests are continuously increasing. Madhya Pradesh is a Tiger State. We are also a Leopard and Alligator State,” CM Chouan said.
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Goa: ‘Tiger Reserve’ judgment by HC protects rights of forest dwellers; BJ
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Stating that the High Court’s judgment in regards to the ‘Tiger Reserve’, protects the rights of scheduled tribes or other forest dwellers, Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP government’s move to challenge it in the Supreme Court is to weaken the Mhadei case to benefit Karnataka.
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Madagascar hippos were forest dwellers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa.
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Community rights of forest dwellers to continue until their complete rehab
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday said that the community rights of the forest dwellers would continue, as per the newly passed Wildlife Act, unless their rehabilitation is complete.
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Sardar Patel wanted equal opportunities for all: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of National Unity Day, which is celebrated as the birth anniversary of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, remarked on Sunday that for Sardar Patel 'Ek Bharat' meant equal opportunities for
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Centre delegates power to Ladakh LG under Forest Rights Act
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
NNew Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): The President of India has empowered the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the State Government under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 wi
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Chhattisgarh govt increases procurement number of minor forest produces fr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 5 (ANI): In a bid to help the forest dwellers, the number of minor forest produces procured in Chhattisgarh has been increased from seven to 52 in the past two years, an official statement said on Saturday.
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Efforts on to grant, safeguard rights of forest dwellers, communities as p
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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