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Palm Oil Plantations in the North East: Bane or Boon?

On 3rd October 2024, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds) to be implemented over a seven-year period from 2024-25 to 2030-31, with a financial outlay of Rs 10,103 crore to boost domestic oilseed production and achieve self-reliance  in edible oils. India […]

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FMR Suspension & Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing: End of India ‘Act East Policy’ Needs Review

On 23 June 2024, five leading Kuki-Zo organisations from Manipur issued a joint statement against the Government of India’s decision to scrap the free movement regime (FMR) and fence the international border with Myanmar, urging people “to refuse to participate in any FMR-related activity”. The decision of the Government of India on 8th February 2023 […]

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The Indigenous India, July 2022

This first edition of “The Indigenous India“ covers the issues relating to indigenous peoples of India reported in July 2022. The critical issues covered are: the big question whether the appointment of an indigenous woman as President of India will change the fate of the tribals; legal and policy development; denial of tribal certificates; denial […]

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Stop The Dibang Valley Project To Protect Indigenous Mishmi Peoples, Biodiversity and Ecology of the North East

On the occasion of the World Environment Day today (5th June) whose theme is ‘Time for Nature’, Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) urged the Government of India and the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh to cancel the Dibang Valley Hydropower project, the 3097 MW project to be developed by Etalin Hydro Electric Power Company […]