Tribal Gram Sabhas in Koraput Battle for Legal Rights Over Kendu Leaves
For a third consecutive year, Gram Sabhas (village assemblies) across Baipariguda block in Odisha’s Koraput district are locked in an uphill battle to exercise a right the law has already granted them — the right to independently collect and sell kendu leaves, the forest product widely known as Green Gold. Despite holding Community Forest Rights…
