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Thought

Rotting food

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Gail Omvedt India’s food is rotting. The greatest harvest of foodgrains in the country’s history is beginning to waste away in storage, eaten by rodents and insects, spoiled by moisture. Some of it, for want of storage space, is sitting in the open, exposed to the late monsoon rains. Estimated losses of foodgrains, according to …

Policy

Forest alert

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 by Latha Jishnu  Saxena panel report on Niyamgiri puts states under watch for forest, tribal rights violations   Tribals in Kodigumma village discuss filing of community claims  Few committees have been as forthright as the N C Saxena committee on the violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the very authorities which are charged …

History

KOYAS: SCHEDULED TRIBE

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 ORISSA DIARY The Koya are a tribe inhabiting the hills in the north of the Godaviri district and are also found in Malkangiri district. They are said to belong to the great Gond family. The Koyas have a tradition that about two hundred years ago they were driven from the plateau in the Baster countary …