The Most Vulnerable Primitive Tribal Groups in India

Heatwaves have become one of the most lethal and least acknowledged consequences of climate change in India. What was once an occasional extreme is now a defining feature of India’s seasonal climate,...
India’s coastal regions, stretching thousands of kilometers, are on the frontlines of a creeping environmental crisis—saltwater intrusion. Unlike cyclones or tsunamis, this is a disaster that doesn’t...
Heatwaves in India have evolved from seasonal anomalies to one of the country’s most pressing climate emergencies. While the meteorological understanding of heatwaves has advanced significantly, facil...
<p>Although Scheduled Tribes in India are protected legally by the Constitution of India, in the case of Primitive Tribal Groups in India, many a time these groups might reside in areas or have a life...
<p>In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other traditional forest dwellers from removing dead, dying trees and grasses and tre...
<p>As Phulvati’s busy fingers continued to wind loop after loop of colouredsabaigrass into a patterned basket, she recounted how she returned to work just the day after her marriage, tending to a near...
<p>Although Scheduled Tribes in India are protected legally by the Constitution of India, in the case of Primitive Tribal Groups in India, many a time these groups might reside in areas or have a lifestyle that might set them at a distance from the percolation of official policy.</p>
<p>In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other traditional forest dwellers from removing dead, dying trees and grasses and trees felled by winds.</p>