When the majority of human society feels social stress, it does one of three things 1) accept stress out of a feeling of helplessness, 2) move away from the
New forests are coming up in areas traditionally used by locals for cultivation, for accessing forest produce, for grazing livestock and even burying the dead.
Jharkhand led the country in making up for lost forests in the year 2022-23, but cases from two districts show that tree plantation is coming at the cost of those who were cultivating that land or using it for grazing their livestock. Their forest rights are now at odds with forest plantation
Demand for separate religion code for Sarna, movement on finalising PESA Act rules, and a drive to hand over land ‘pattas’. Over the past week, the JMM-led government has initiated steps to ensure discontent does not brew in the state’s tribal areas.