India’s migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards
KRISHN KAUSHIK and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, of Reuters, report…
India’s poor risk loss of privacy, land in drive to digitise records
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A push to digitise land records in India to establish ownership and minimise conflicts has raised concerns over privacy for poorer communities and could make them more vulnerable to evictions, legal and technology experts said on Monday. India’s national land record modernisation program seeks to re-survey lands, verify and upgrade […]
India’s tree planting, conservation push sparks land conflicts
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A drive to plant trees and conserve areas for wildlife is triggering conflicts over land in India, with poor villagers and Indigenous people most at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods, researchers have warned. India is aiming to increase its forest area and green cover to a third of […]
Explainer – India’s top court to rule on eviction of millions from forests
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation India’s top court on Wednesday resumes hearing a case against millions of forest dwellers and indigenous people who face eviction under a federal law that conservationists say hurts wildlife and causes deforestation. The Supreme Court issued an order in February to remove forest-dwellers in 21 states where nearly two million land […]