The Sentinel 09 October 2020 The Bodoland Janajati Suraksha Mancha (BJSM) on Thursday lauded the Indigenous Lawyers’ Association of India (ILAI) KOKRAJHAR: The Bodoland Janajati Suraksha Mancha (BJSM) on Thursday lauded the Indigenous Lawyers’ Association of India (ILAI) for objecting to the move of the Central and State governments to grant ST status to the […]
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Demand for ST status turns thorny for Assam BJP ahead of Assembly elections
Deccan Herald 08 October 2020 The long-pending demand to accord Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to more ethnic communities seems to be turning thorny for the BJP-led Assam government ahead of Assembly elections slated next year. While six communities seeking inclusion in the list of STs are intensifying their agitation against BJP, those already listed as […]
‘ST status to non-tribals will destroy tribals’
The Hindu 08 October 2020 Indigenous people call upon govt. issued ahead of its meeting with leaders of 6 communities An indigenous lawyers’ collective has called upon the Assam government not to “destroy the tribal communities” of the State by granting Scheduled Tribe status to six non-tribal communities. The Indigenous Lawyers’ Association of India (ILAI) […]
Assam umbrella tribal body demands freezing of existing list of ST-Plain
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 […]
Assam: Lawyers’ body opposes granting of ST rights to 6 ethnic communities
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 […]
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 […]
Global NGOs against auctioning of coal blocks by India, The Hindu
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 […]
Centre’s proposed eco clearance rules jeopardize NE’s fragile ecology
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]