According to the Monthly Update on Status of Implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dweller (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (released on 10 August, 2016), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, please click here to access: • At the national level (based on aggregation of data for 19 states) the number of title claims rejected as…
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According to the Report of the High Level Committee on Socio-Economic, Health and Educational Status of Tribal Communities of India (chaired by Prof. Virginius Xaxa), May 2014, Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Please click here to access): The key recommendation of the High Level Committee on Socio-Economic, Health and Educational Status of Tribal Communities of India…
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FAQ on Forest Rights Act (2006) Frequently Asked Questions on the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA), prepared in December, 2012, http://tribal.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1539.pdf: The enactment of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA) is an important watershed in the history…
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According to the Report entitled: PESA, Left-Wing Extremism and Governance: Concerns and Challenges in India’s Tribal Districts by Ajay Dandekar & Chitrangada Choudhury, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Commissioned by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/PESAchapter.pdf: • Tribal communities make up 8.2% or approximately 8 in 100 Indians-an economically and culturally vulnerable and distinctive group. • …
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 The Lok Sabha on 13 December, 2006 passed by voice vote the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005, seeking to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers.  The redrafted Bill was adopted with several important amendments…
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