Land Rights
Dalit woman leads fellow caste villagers to land ownership in Punjab
Charanjit Kaur and other Dalit families from Gharachon village in Sangrur district won the right to bid for reserved panchayat land, despite systemic caste barriers and police action.
Rural paralegals ensure women’s land rights in Gujarat
Trained paralegal workers come to the aid of women who are denied their landholding rights and hence lose out on government schemes, by helping them get the land registered in their name.
Women shed ‘forest encroachers’ tag, turn land owners
Dubbed as encroachers in the forest land they tilled, the women of a village in Odisha claim their land rights and get their name recorded on the property document.
How joint farming in Punjab is allowing Dalits to rewrite their destiny
Besides profits, Dalits in 28 villages of Malwa region in Punjab reap pride in jointly cultivating land that rich farmers mostly cultivated in their name earlier.
भूमि आवंटन एकल महिलाओं को गरिमा के साथ जीने में सहायक है
ओडिशा सरकार द्वारा भूमि का मुफ्त आवंटन और केंद्र सरकार की आवास निधि ने ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों की एकल महिलाओं को अपने लिए घर बनाने की क्षमता प्रदान की है।
Land allotment helps single women live with dignity
The Odisha government’s free allocation of land, combined with the central government’s housing funds, have enabled single women in rural areas to build houses for themselves
Land rights on pastures empower deprived communities
Giving land rights to landless and nomadic people in Maharashtra on degraded pastures have provided these marginalized communities with a reasonable livelihood
Is resettling millions of forest dwellers feasible?
A recent Supreme Court order that will likely lead to the largest ever eviction of forest dwellers in India needs to be seen as a wake-up call for state governments to quickly remedy the situation
Community school shines beacon of hope in Surguja hills
Thwarted livelihood opportunities after giving up their land to mining companies hasn’t stopped a disadvantaged community in the remote Surguja hiils of Chhattisgarh to run a school for tribal and Dalit children
Indigenous community in Dang fights for land rights
The people of Navagam village in Dang district of Gujarat have said they would boycott upcoming assembly polls if the government does not resolve the long pending issue of land and house titles
Local tribes protest changes in Jharkhand land laws
Recent amendments to laws that govern the use of land owned by tribals in Jharkhand has led to a rash of protests because local communities feel that they might lose their land and livelihoods to industrial development