The New Indian Express 08 October 2020 The body said the issue of the six communities – Koch-Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Matak, Moran and Tea Tribes – should be resolved in a manner that will not hamper the rights of existing tribals. GUWAHATI: The Assam government is facing stiff resistance to the proposal of granting […]
The Sentinel 07 October 2020 Indigenous Lawyers Association of India called upon the Govt not to “destroy the tribal communities of Assam” by granting ST status to 6 communities Guwahati: Ahead of the meeting of the Group of Ministers headed by Himanta Biswa Sharma to discuss the issue of granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to […]
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 […]
The Hindu 11 September 2020 They say move will hit indigenous people as mines are mostly concentrated in their lands. Global and Indian NGOs have asked India to stop the use of coal for reviving the country’s economy as coal mines are mostly concentrated in the lands of indigenous people who have been “bearing the […]
The Federal 02 July 2020 By Samir K Purkayastha Experts are of the view that once the proposed rules are implemented, many projects stuck in India’s Northeast and other tribal areas due to ecological concerns will get easy clearance, undermining environmental impact. A new set of rules that the Union government proposed to introduce to […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 tribals and other underprivileged students in the online classes imparted by the schools during the COVID19 lockdown period. To read more, please click
