Millions face eviction in India over rejected land claims
India’s 104-million tribal people are among its most impoverished, and the Forest Rights Act isn’t helping them right now
04 October 2019 - 12:29
Udaipur — Millions of indigenous people face eviction in India after states stopped processing new land claims under a law that is being challenged in the country’s highest court, land and human rights advocates warned on Friday.
Earlier this year, India’s supreme court stayed its ruling that ordered the eviction of millions of indigenous people whose land claims were rejected, and directed 21 states to file affidavits with details on how they had processed claims...
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