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PRESS RELEASE: ILAI asks Assam Govt not to destroy the tribal communities by granting ST status to non-tribal communities

New Delhi: Ahead of the meeting of the Group of Ministers headed by Shri Himanta Biswa Sharma, Hon’ble Finance Minister of Assam, to discuss the issue of granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities at 11 am on 8 October 2020, the Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) called upon the Government of Assam […]

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Draft EIA Notification 2020, an Instrument to Grab Tribal Lands: Indigenous Lawyers, Time8

By Debananda Medak, Time8 30/06/2020 The MoEFCC in its “India State of Forest Report 2019″ states that about 60 per cent of the country’s forest cover is in India’s tribal districts and North East India. Guwahati: The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India on Tuesday urged the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to withdraw […]

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Environment Ministry urged to withdraw constitutional Draft EIA Notification 2020, an instrument to grab tribal lands and forests

NEW DELHI, 30 JUNE 2020: The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) in its submission to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change today urged to withdraw the unconstitutional the Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification of 2020 which it described as an instrument to grab tribal lands and forests. The Ministry of Environment, […]

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ILAI calls for either withdrawal of the Draft EIA notification 2020 or full compliance with PESA and FRA

In its submission to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, ILAI has requested either to withdraw the draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2020 as an executive order cannot override, amend or supersede the statutory provisions or ensure that the final EIA, 2020 expressly provide for compliance with the statutory laws like the PESA […]

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Indigenous lawyers move NHRC to ensure inclusive online classes for deprived students, Time8

Time8 18/06/2020 The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India argued that the online classes are directly creating further inequalities and the gap in learning in the classrooms because of the failure of the appropriate government to provide access to online education to all the students, particularly the SC/ST students. Guwahati: The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India […]

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Ensure inclusion of tribal students in online classes during lockdown: Tribal body to NHRC, The Sentinel

The Sentinel 17/06/2020 Online classes have been seen as an effective means to disseminate education during the lockdown Guwahati:  The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) has filed a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to ensure the fundamental right to education by ensuring the inclusion of the underprivileged sections of society including […]

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ILAI urges NHRC to ensure inclusion of tribal students in online classes during COVID-19 lockdown

New Delhi, 17 June 2020: The Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) has filed a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to ensure the fundamental right to education by ensuring inclusion of the underprivileged sections of society including tribals, dalits, forest dwellers and the poor in the online classes imparted by the schools […]