Common Property Resources

The community in Undakhora, a village of 250 households in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan, has made significant strides towards resilience by practising sustainable agriculture, harvesting water and ensuring social security over the past 10 years.

The picturesque village of Marasanapalli in Bagepalli Block, Karnataka is home to 70 households who primarily practise agriculture, livestock rearing, and daily wage labour. Farmers here grow a variety of vegetables such as beans, ridge gourd, cauliflower, spring onion and beetroot, and some with land in the command area of the village tank grow paddy.

The sound of a specific cycle bell deep inside the jungles of Kashinathpur village in Angul (Odisha) brings vibes of joy. Everybody recognises that bell because it belongs to 24-year-old Urmila Bahera who sometimes cycles to villages as far as 15 kilometres, braving bumpy roads, streams and elephants.

Water is a vital natural resource, but continuous consumption of freshwater sources at an unsustainable r

Floods are often perceived as a destructive force in Assam and other parts of India.

Despite concerns, Etalin hydropower project gets government nod, FAC yet to give clearance

Activists up in arms against the plan to cut down deodar trees for the widening of Char Dham roads

Activists stand up against Mekedatu project under the noted activist Medha Patkar

The Gonds, ruled Central India for nearly 350 years since the mid-fourteenth century,. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla, Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda. The Garha-Mandla dynasty is best known in history.

Centre approves Rs 93,000 crore to PMKSY, Renuka ji and Lakhwar