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Map of Bestpractices. India Current Affairs. Twelfth Five Year (2012-17), Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, Government of India. Samata Judgement and the Aftermath. Samata Judgement and the Aftermath A. The Judgement Samata, an NGO working in the scheduled tribal area of Andhra Pradesh, filed a case against the state government of Andhra Pradesh.

This case was against the Government of A.P. for leasing out tribal lands to private mining companies in the Scheduled areas. The case (SLP) filed in the Supreme Court of India led to a historic judgement in July 1997 by a three judge-bench. The Judgement declared that the Government is also a "Person" and that: All lands leased to private mining companies in the scheduled areas are null and void. Some features of the judgement are: 94. Every Gram Sabha shall be competent to safeguard and preserve...community resources". ..... clause (m) (iii) the power to prevent alienation of land in the Scheduled Areas and to take appropriate action to restore any unlawful alienation of land of a Scheduled Tribe ... 110. 114. 115. 116. renewal of lease is fresh grant of lease and therefore, any transfer stands prohibited. 117.

Or. Dragon Order of Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism. In-depth This section will feature stories organised under individual categories, providing a resource for in-depth study of particular topics. It will get richer as more stories are added to the website. Browse topics religion and belief » buddhism Latest From This Topic HYDERABAD, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Minorities Welfare Department fails to deliver Poor infrastructure and manpower shortage plague the MWD, which has a hefty budgetary backing of Rs. 1,027 crore » More on buddhism AND: christianity, government departments, islam, jainism, public officials, welfare More Articles about: buddhism Pages: « 12 › » Nagpur, October 14, 2013 Dalits throng Deeksha Bhoomi in Nagpur Deepak Kurare, 48, a BSNL worker from Jamboli village in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, did not stop chanting “Buddham Saranam Gachchami, Sangham Saranam Gachchami” (a Budd... » June 25, 2013 Forbidden no more Melbourne, June 14, 2013 My successor may be a woman: Dalai Lama NEW DELHI, March 15, 2013 December 26, 2012.

Census of India : Annual Health Survey. Latest Current Affairs 2012-2013, Current Affairs Quiz, Current Affairs 2013. Notes | South Asia Analysis Group. Sri Lanka: Tweaking the Muslims – Update No. 243 Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 05:43 Note No. 715 Dated 22-Apr-2014 By Col R. Hariharan Why Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa is tweaking the Muslim community, which by and large had been his loyal political partner? Nepal: Koirala Government Moving Slowly and not Steadily! Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 04/18/2014 - 08:23 Note No. 714 Dated 18-Apr-2014 By Dr. It is generally agreed that the main task of the present Koirala government should be to get on with constitution making within one year. Nepal: Why All this fuss over Local Elections? Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 03/20/2014 - 08:57 Note No. 713 Dated 20-March-2014 By Dr. One notices that the present government of Nepal led by the Nepali Congress-UML combine gets into unnecessary and trivial controversies that would only further delay its primary task of getting a new constitution in time.

Nepal: Nepali Congress and UML Should Shed their Mutual distrust: Update No.293 Pages. Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues.