‘Podu’ Land Issue
In News Recently, the Telangana government has decided to move landless, non-tribal farmers engaged in shifting cultivation (‘Podu’ ) inside forests to peripheral areas as it looks to combat deforestation. About the ‘Podu’ Land Issue Podu lands are the lands tilled by tribal people in forests. Telangana government has red-flagged encroachment of forests by non-tribals, […]
