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Land Laws, Administration and Forced Displacement in Andhra Pradesh, India
CESS MONOGRAPH 35 Land Laws, Administration and Forced Displacement in Andhra Pradesh, India C. Ramachandraiah A. Venkateswarlu CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016 October, 2014 CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES MONOGRAPH SERIES Number - 35 October, 2014 Series Editor : M. Gopinath Reddy © 2014, Copyright Reserved Centre for Economic and Social Studies Hyderabad Note: The views expressed in this document are solely those of the individual author(s). Rs. 200/- Published by : Centre for Economic and Social Studies Begumpet, Hyderabad-500 016 Ph : 040-23402789, 23416780, Fax : 040-23406808 Email : [email protected], www.cess.ac.in Printed by : Vidya Graphics 1-8-724/33, Padma Colony, Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 44 Foreword This study by Dr C. Ramachandraiah and Dr A. Venkateswarlu has been taken up in the context of large scale acquisition of agricultural lands for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and other projects which has become an issue of serious contestation in recent years. The study is very timely as land administration and land rights of vulnerable groups of people have become major issues of public concern in recent years. The authors have made a sincere attempt to analyse the land laws and administration, assignment of lands, land acquisition, resettlement & rehabilitation policies etc., in Andhra Pradesh. They have examined two case studies - Kakinada SEZ and Polavaram project - to examine the issues of forced land acquisition and resistance. At the outset, it should be noted that the state of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states with effect from 2 June 2014. This study was taken up before bifurcation. -
Role of Media in Tribal Agriculture Development - a Study of Khammam District Agency Tribes
IRJC International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 10, October 2012, ISSN 2277 3630 ROLE OF MEDIA IN TRIBAL AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT - A STUDY OF KHAMMAM DISTRICT AGENCY TRIBES SRIHARI MANCHA* *Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT India is one of the largest agriculture based economies remained closed until the early 1990s.The agriculture sector has been undergoing economic reforms since the early 1990s in the move of liberalize the economy to benefit from globalization. By 1991, there was growing awareness that the inward looking import substitution and overhauled exchange rate policy coupled with various domestic policies pursued during the past few decades’. Approximately 25,000 tribal families are shifting practicing cultivation. Agriculture has been the traditional occupation for a vast majority of tribals. Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime minister of India, laid down the approach of development scheduled tribes during the times of generous of the community. In the year 1969, 24 tribal development blocks were created and various economic support schemes were implemented by Government and sanctioned Girijan development agency with focus on implementation of agriculture and allied activities with funds received from Ministry of agriculture Government of India. The Government and Non government has implemented various policies for agricultural growth through Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA). The Media plays significant role in transforming the various development activities and dissemination of information by the Government for the tribal development. Media can at as a social agent for social change and somehow they act as mediators to the tribes and providers of social and economic supporters. -
The Terrible Cost of an Inhuman Counter-Insurgency
The Terrible Cost of an Inhuman Counter-Insurgency A Human Rights Forum (HRF) Publication The Terrible Cost of an Inhuman Counter-Insurgency Human Rights Forum (HRF) Publication No. 28 Copies: 1,000 October 2013 For Copies: S. Jeevan Kumar V.S. Krishna 3-12-117/A-2/1, P.S.Colony 54-11-59/2 Ganesh Nagar, Ramanthapur Gazetted Officers Colony Hyderabad - 500 013 Visakhapatnam - 530 022 Ph : 040-27039519 Ph : 0891-2543817 Printed at: Navya Printers, Hyderabad. Rs. 20/- A copy of this booklet is also available on our website: www.humanrightsforum.org 2 The Terrible Cost of an Inhuman Counter-Insurgency Contents A Preface................................................................................................................................ 5 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 7 Arson, Murder and Sexual Assault ...................................................................................... 12 Morpalli and Tadmetla .................................................................................................... 12 A Landmark Judgment Held in Contempt ....................................................................... 17 The Slaughter at Sarkeguda and Edesmetta ....................................................................... 20 Sarkeguda ........................................................................................................................ 20 Attempts at Cover-Up ................................................................................................. -
Dispossessing Tribals and the Poor from Lands: Land Laws and Administration in Andhra Pradesh, India Centre for Economic And
Dispossessing Tribals and the Poor from Lands: Land Laws and Administration in Andhra Pradesh, India Report Submitted to the IS Academy Land Governance Utrecht University, The Netherlands C. Ramachandraiah A. Venkateswarlu Centre for Economic and Social Studies Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016, India. Preface The large scale acquisition of agricultural lands India in recent years for Special Economic Zones (SEZs), thermal power plants, irrigation projects etc., has become an issue of serious political and social contestation. One finds an element of large scale corporate landgrab in those projects where the private sector is involved in a big way. In the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP), land acquisition for irrigation projects (known as Jalayagnam) under public sector; and for SEZs, industrial and power projects in private sector have become major issues of contention. Majority of the land losers are small and medium farmers, and tribals whose livelihoods are adversely affected. There has been widespread resistance against forced acquisition of agricultural lands to the extent that the rural people were prepared to face police bullets and death rather than being cowed down by the might of the State. The present study was taken up in this context with the objective of examining the land laws and administration in A.P and see how the existing laws are implemented, and how is the State responding to the protests by the affected people. Two case studies have been taken up for deeper analysis: Kakinada SEZ and Polavaram irrigation project. The findings of the study have been discussed internally in our Centre, and also shared with a wider audience in a state-level workshop on 5 February 2011. -
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2021 | Anthropo-Indialogs 1(1-2): 17-30 © ARF India. All Right Reserved URL : www.arfjournals.com NAGARAJU CHIKKALA1 AND K. ANIL KUMAR2 1Programme Coordinator, AP Society for Social Audit Accountability and Tansparency (APSSAAT), Department of Rural Development, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Guntur Email:[email protected] 2Assistant Professor, Discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi Email:[email protected] Received: 14 Dec. 2020 / Revised: 18 Dec. 2020 / Accepted: 26 Dec. 2021 / Published: 15 January 2021 Abstract: In India, the Scheduled Tribes population is around 8.6% of the total population of the country. There is considerable progress of these communities in terms of many human development indicators. Acquisition of land for development projects have often become a major threat to the tribal people. Displacement of tribal people from their original habitats causing further marginalized. They are the worst sufferers since independence of development projects such as dams, industries, roads, quarrying and mining operations etc. It is largely this group that is paying for the development of India. A majority of the displaced people have not been properly resettled or given adequate compensation. Cash payment does not really compensate the tribals for the difficulties they experience in their lifestyle and ethos. The tribal people of Andhra Pradesh have been the disproportionate victims of dam displacement. With this backdrop, the present paper examines the issues of compensation and resettlement of Indira Sagar Project. An ethnographic study conducted in the village Devargondi. Anthropological tools and techniques were used in collection of primary data. Keywords: dam, displacement, tribals , resettlement, compensation, andhra pradesh INTRODUCTION Development-induced displacement is increasing in depth and intensity all over the world and particularly in developing countries. -
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TThhee IInnddiiaann CCDDMM SSuubbssiiddiizziinngg aanndd LLeeggiittiimmiizziinngg CCoorrppoorraattee PPoolllluuttiioonn AN OVERVIEW OF CDM IN INDIA WITH CASE STUDIES FROM VARIOUS SECTORS NFFPFW (National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers) with NESPON and DISHA (Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action) The Indian CDM Subsidizing and Legitimizing Corporate Pollution An Overview of CDM in India with Case Studies from various sectors NFFPFW (National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers) with NESPON and DISHA (Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action) The Indian Clean Development Mechanism: Subsidizing and Legitimizing Corporate Pollution An Overview of CDM in India with Case Studies from various sectors NFFPFW (National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers) NESPON DISHA (Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action) November 2011 Compiled and Edited by Soumitra Ghosh and Subrat Kumar Sahu Published by Sasanka Dev, DISHA 20/4 Sil Lane, Kolkata 700015 West Bengal, India 91-33-23283989 www.dishaearth.org CONTENTS Acknowledgement Executive Summary 1- 2 Part 1 Clean Development Mechanism in India: A Country Overview 1 - 34 Soumitra Ghosh and Hadida Yasmin Part 2 Case Studies from Various Sectors Case 1: Industrial CDM 1 - 23 A. Orissa 1 Mamata Das and Subrat Kr. Sahu B. Andhra Pradesh 6 Nishant Mate C. Chattisgarh 9 Debjit Nandi D. West Bengal 11 Nabo Dutta with Soumitra Ghosh E. Karnataka 18 Nishant Mate with Soumitra Ghosh and Hadida Yasmin Case 2: Coal fired CDM Projects 1 - 16 A. Madhya Pradesh 2 Devjit Nandi and Vijendra Pardhi, with Soumitra Ghosh and Hadida Yasmin B. Chattisgarh 8 Devjit Nandi C. -
Andhra Pradesh Geography
+91-9246365622 Vidyarthi - Bharat Ki Shakti N. Kalyana Chakravarthy Andhra Pradesh Geography www.OnlineIAS.com 1 Geography of Andhra Pradesh [email protected] www.OnlineIAS.com 1 +91-9246365622 Vidyarthi - Bharat Ki Shakti N. Kalyana Chakravarthy Geography of Andhra Pradesh Contents Sl. No TOPIC PAGE # 1 Formation of Andhra Pradesh 3 2 Physiography 8 3 Climate 14 4 Soils 16 5 Forests 17 6 Wildlife Conservation 22 7 Rivers 24 8 Irrigation 30 9 Agriculture 36 10 Industries 42 11 Mineral Resources 52 12 Power 54 13 Transport 59 14 Tourism 70 15 Population 72 www.OnlineIAS.com 2 Geography of Andhra Pradesh [email protected] www.OnlineIAS.com 2 +91-9246365622 Vidyarthi - Bharat Ki Shakti N. Kalyana Chakravarthy Geography of Andhra Pradesh Geographic, Demographic and Socio Economic profile of Andhra Pradesh With a geographical area of 1,62,970 sq km, Andhra Pradesh ranks as the 8th largest State in the country. Situed in a tropical region, the state has the 2nd longest coastline in the country with a length of 974 km. As per the forest records, the state ranks 9th in India having forest cover area of 36909.38 Sq. Kms which accounts to 23.04% of the total geographical area. Andhra Pradesh is the tenth largest state in the Country, in terms of population. As per 2011 Census, the State accounts for 4.10% of the total population of the country. The decadal growth of population rose from 18.88% during 1961-71 to 21.13% during 1981-91. Subsequently a significant decline was observed in the re of growth of population and decline is even more prominent 9.21% during 2001-11, lower than the All-India’s growth re of 17.70 percent. -
Preliminary Appeal India Floods in Northern Andhra Pradesh
SECRETARIAT - 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland - TEL: +41 22 791 6033 - FAX: +41 22 791 6506 www.actalliance.org Preliminary Appeal India Floods in Northern Andhra Pradesh – IND133 Preliminary Appeal Target: US$ 243,343 Balance Requested: US$ 243,343 Geneva, 29 July 2013 Dear Colleagues, Torrential rain in the south-eastern India state of Andhra Pradesh has claimed 22 lives. More than 300 villages are currently inundated by flood waters and 20,000 people were evacuated to prevent further deaths. The infrastructure is heavily affected, some areas are only accessible by helicopters, villages are cut off from electricity and the number of people affected by water-borne disease is increasing. An estimated 150,000 people are affected by the floods having their houses damaged and crops destroyed. India Air Force helicopters are dropping food, medicines and water packets in the flood-hit villages of Khammam district. In addition, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has taken up rescue operations in 40 flood ravaged villages and has evacuated villagers to approximately 100 camps. Despite the relief support provided by the state Government there are gaps which need to be filled to ensure families are supported. ACT member, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of India (UELCI) and Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) have deployed staff to the affected areas to carry out a rapid needs assessment and to initiate emergency response actions. CASA is planning to provide food and non-food items to a total of 3,000 families in the districts of Khammam and West Godavari.