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    Sukriti Vats is a journalist based in Delhi working at the Land Conflict Watch. She covers issues around land and forest governance. She travels across India to report on dispossession of vulnerable communities due to forced acquisitions or development projects. Sukriti previously covered on the urban affairs and railway ministry beat at ThePrint. She holds an undergraduate degree from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women and a postgraduate diploma from the Asian College of Journalism.


    Areas of expertise

    Environment (land and forest)


    Currently working at

    Land Conflict Watch (LCW)


    Articles by Sukriti Vats

    A group of Adivasi women walk in a line along a lush forest path, carrying saplings and soil in metal basins on their heads. Men in the background are digging and working on the hillside. Mist-covered hills and dense greenery form the backdrop_DAJGUA
    Advocacy & Government
    July 16, 2025
    How a central scheme allows private agencies to influence FRA
    One of the key aims of the Forest Rights Act has been to decentralise forest governance by conferring powers on the gram sabha. DAJGUA, a new umbrella scheme for forest-dwelling communities in India, may upend this.
    by Sukriti Vats | 8 min read
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