Congress's Jairam Ramesh Raises Concerns over Environment Ministry's Role in Weakening Forest Rights Act

Congress's Jairam Ramesh Raises Concerns over Environment Ministry's Role in Weakening Forest Rights Act

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday raised concerns after 150 civil society groups and activists wrote to the Prime Minister, accusing the Environment Ministry of weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006. India News | Congress's Jairam Ramesh Raises Concerns over Environment Ministry's Role in Weakening Forest Rights Act.

MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups

Over 150 countrywide organisations have in a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined how the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being consistently undermined, threatening not just Adivasis but forests and the environment

INDIA leaders meet EC, oppose revision of voters in Bihar, vow to fight against ECI’s ‘VOTE-Bandi’

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