Forest Rights Act

Former Nabarangpur MP and Congress leader Pradip Majhi along with his party members were granted conditional bail today by a local court. The Congress members will be freed after furnishing a bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety each. Majhi…

The Congress leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi and 5 of his associates, who have been on a hunger strike in Umerkote Jail since June 26 entered fifth day on Thursday. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Prasad…

The Forest Rights Act is being implemented across the country. Forest Rights Act is an act to recognize and vest pre-existing rights to forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. Till 29.02.206, out of 44.15…

Bhawanitpatna, Feb 4: Regional Centre for Development Corporation(RCDC), a State based NGO working on Democratic forest governance and Forest Rights Act  with the support of Oxfam India organised district level workshop on “Free Prior and…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 18: The Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(OTFDs) of the State organised two-days Lok Sammelani on 16th and 17th Dec at Lower PMG, Bhubaneswar demanding recognition of their Forest rights. More than 500 OTFDs coming from…

Bhubaneswar, Sep 28: A National Consultation on ‘Women, Forest and Forest Rights Act’ concluded on Saturday at the venue CYSD . The two days programme was jointly organized by State based organizations like Vasundhara, RCDC, CWS, Agragamee,…

Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD), Odisha, the struggle groups which fought for the enactment of historic Forest Rights Act,(FRA) 2006, today organized a regional level convention on the implementation of FRA at Ananda Sishu Bhavan,…

The Odisha Chapter of the Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) which played a vital role in the struggle for the enactment of historic Forest Rights Act,  blamed Jayanthi Natarajan, former Minister of State, MoEF for disrespecting Forest…

A state level workshop on the issues and challenges in “ MGNREGA, Forest Rights Act and Land Rights” has been organized by the Odisha Chapter of Rashtriya JanatantriK Samanyoya(RAJAS), a rights based sangathan fighting for “Right to Work…