The Great Nicobar Island Development Project feels like a violation of their rights, he says. ‘They don’t have the needs we ...

The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

Union Minister Jual Oram asserts in Parliament that no objections were received from tribal councils or activists regarding ...

The secluded Shompen tribe, who "inhabit the interior of the island's lush forests" and have done so for thousands of years, are "illiterate by modern standards" but are "self-sufficient", having ...

Speaking during Question Hour, Oram said the project — involving construction of a transshipment port, an airport, a gas ...

There will be no environmental impact and no tribal will be displaced due to the Great Nicobar project, Tribal Affairs ...

Tribal affairs minister Jual Oram told the Rajya Sabha in response to Congress’ Jairam Ramesh and TMC’s Saket Gokhale that no objection from any anthropologist was "available" to the GoI ...

MP Saket Gokhale questioned the government’s stance, pointing out that the assessment was prepared at the request of the ...

Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Saket Gokhale and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, questioned the minister on the ...

Gokhale also said there are only 229 members of the Shompen tribe living in the world. Oram said after the Tsunami struck the island, because of low-lying area, several tribals had shifted out. A high ...

There will be no environmental impact and no tribal will be displaced due to the Great Nicobar project, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said in the Rajya Sabha while asserting that the project is ...