Why the Fifth Scheduled Areas today still a relevant issue!

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Why the 9th of August?

International Day of the 
World's Indigenous Peoples


                          Chief Deskaheh

- Photo Source:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Deskaheh_photo.JPG/220px-Deskaheh_photo.JPG

"Tribe follows tribes, and nation follows nation.

It’s like the waves of the sea,

 it is the order of nature and regret is useless.

 Your time of decay may be distant,

 but it will surely come, for even the white man’s God,

 who walked & talked with him,as friend with friend,

 could not escape the common destiny.

 We may be brothers after all, we shall see!"

       1854 a prophesy by Chief Seattle (1786-1866)

           to the president of United States of America

Climate change a global concern

Tkyok;q ifjorZu ,d oSfÀod fparu

Source-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221021/Maldives-underwater-cabinet-meeting-held-highlight-impact-climate-change.html

Dalma Sendra - a quest to keep the traditional justice system moving

Recognizing Customary Tenure Systems: Forest Right Act 2006 An Evolving Experience

                                                                                                               CR Bijoy

vf/dkjksa dks lqjf{kr j[kus ds fy,% lkeqnkf;d vfHk'kklu 'kkluiz.kkyh dh fn'kk esa
(izFkkxr iêsnkjh O;oLFkkvksa dks ekU;rk nsrs gq,% ou vf/dkj vf/fu;e 2006 ,d fodflr gksrk vuqHko)

                                                               

                                                                              lhŒvkjŒ fctks;

Wisdom lay in the forests with people who have lived here, cherished it and imbibed it into their traditions! Being a part of the living traditions are breathing in into the sagas that has given reason for life to live in fullness with dignity.

Insuring rights for community governance (part II)

In the ten Indian states where The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, is applicable, a comparative study by CR Bijoy on the issue in part -I dealt with the provisions in PESA its powers and responsibilities; in the Gram Sabha, in the Gram Sabha or Panchayats, in the Gram Sabha and Panchayts and the Panchayats itself. A section also dealt with the reality check of state compliance with PESA and finally the Constitutional violation. This part indicates certain recommendations as the way forward. 

Insuring rights for community governance (part I)

PESA, the central Act, meant for the local self-governance and resource management in the rural areas of the country with the Scheduled Tribes (Adivasi / indigenous peoples) majority areas that are demarked as the Fifth Schedule in the Indian Constitution. In it, besides several pressing challenges faced by the respective states, Jharkhand scores very poorly in its implementation. The larger challenge is, as a study shows that nearly 181 to 200 Municipals constituted in the Scheduled Areas in the country are unconstitutional.  The article by C.R. Bijoy discusses the issues and makes pointed recommendations.