DC instructs officials to expedite implementation of PM-JANMAN in Mysuru
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC instructs officials to expedite implementation of PM-JANMAN in Mysuru

The Hindu  

Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy directed the officials to expedite the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan in the district. The Health Department officials were directed to launch mobile medical units while officials from the Education Department were told to ensure the completion of hostels that have been sanctioned and approved under the scheme. Mr. Reddy also reviewed the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act or FRA. Seema, Director, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Mallesh, District Tribal Welfare Officer, and revenue officials from various taluks among others attended the meeting.

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Give permission for laying of roads to hilltop hamlets in ASR district, Andhra Pradesh ST Commission tells Forest Department officials
3 weeks ago

Give permission for laying of roads to hilltop hamlets in ASR district, Andhra Pradesh ST Commission tells Forest Department officials

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Tribes Chairman D.V.G. Sankar Rao has advised the Forest Department to accord permission for road formation, under Section 3 of the Recognition of the Forest Rights Act-2006, in Buriga, China Konela and other hilltop hamlets of Anantagiri mandal in Alluri Sitharama Raju district. Referring to the report tilted “Tribals stage protest seeking ‘forest permission’ …

Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues
2 months ago

Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Adivasis held a dharna seeking ROFR documents and sought a road map for the same as promised by the government. Addressing the dharna near Indira Park here, Telangana Tribal Sangham state president Midiam Babu Rao, former Bhadrachalam MP, said, “Gutti koya tribals in Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts are not getting caste certificates and are thus not able to avail …

Kanniyakumari Collector convenes meeting with members of Kani tribe in Pechiparai
2 months ago

Kanniyakumari Collector convenes meeting with members of Kani tribe in Pechiparai

The Hindu  

Kanniyakumari district collector R. Alagumeena inspected ongoing development programmes in Pechiparai and convened a meeting with the members of Kani tribal community from the region. Ms. Alagumeena emphasised that the government was ready to grant land rights to the eligible beneficiaries and was committed to construct more houses for the people in the upcoming financial year. In addition, the Collector …

Awareness programme organised on Forest Rights Act implementation
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Awareness programme organised on Forest Rights Act implementation

The Hindu  

The Nilgiris district administration, in association with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, held an awareness programme on Thursday in Cairn Hill, Udhagamandalam, on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Speaking at the event, Nilgiris district collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru said that the Forest Rights Act, 2006, enshrines essential principles of human rights, community rights, and the right to …

Tribal Affairs Minister’s promise to look into Nicobar project clearances ‘mildly’ encouraging: Congress
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tribal Affairs Minister’s promise to look into Nicobar project clearances ‘mildly’ encouraging: Congress

The Hindu  

Calling Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram’s promise to look into the clearances granted for the ₹72,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Project only “mildly” encouraging, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday doubted how much power Union Ministers have over their own portfolios in a government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Responding to Mr. Oram’s promise of looking into the …

Ahead of Polls, Demand for Forest Rights Emerges as Key Electoral Issue in 153 Lok Sabha Constituencies
11 months, 1 week ago

Ahead of Polls, Demand for Forest Rights Emerges as Key Electoral Issue in 153 Lok Sabha Constituencies

News 18  

When the polling for Lok Sabha starts on April 19, the long-drawn-out land conflicts covering several lakh hectares of forest land — arising out of violations of the Forest Rights Act 2006 — are expected to become a key electoral issue in as many as 153 parliamentary constituencies across states. In some cases, the process has been stuck in the …

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study
1 year, 1 month ago

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study

The Hindu  

The electoral outcome in nearly three in ten of India’s Parliamentary constituencies could be influenced by issues surrounding the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, says an analysis by independent researchers. The Forest Rights Act, officially known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, is a piece of legislation that enables tribal communities and forest-dwelling citizens …

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act
1 year, 3 months ago

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

December 18, 2023 12:56 am | Updated 10:02 am IST On December 18, 2006, the Rajya Sabha endorsed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, enacted by the Lok Sabha. This Act, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act, or FRA, marks a watershed in India’s socio-environmental legislation, as it attempts to put an end to the long-drawn …

Opposition should raise dilution of Forest Conservation Act issue in special Parliament session: AIKMKS national co-convener Simhadri Jhansi
1 year, 6 months ago

Opposition should raise dilution of Forest Conservation Act issue in special Parliament session: AIKMKS national co-convener Simhadri Jhansi

The Hindu  

All India Khet Mazdoor Kisan Sabha National Convener and Rythu Coolie Sangham of Andhra Pradesh State President Simhadri Jhansi on September 3 urged the Opposition parties to register their objections and strive hard to repeal the amendments made to the Forest Conservation Act in the special Parliament session to be convened between September 18 and 22. She said that lakhs …

Forest Rights Act: Fact-finding committee visits tribal hamlets in Mysuru
1 year, 7 months ago

Forest Rights Act: Fact-finding committee visits tribal hamlets in Mysuru

The Hindu  

A fact-finding committee of Call For Justice, a Delhi-based organisation, visited the tribal hamlets in Mysuru to apprise itself of the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. Mr. Ramu and Mr. Shivanna said that the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, rendered them homeless as they were evicted from forests more than 50 years …

Forest conservation rules encroachment of tribals’ rights, says Soren at eastern council meet
2 years, 3 months ago

Forest conservation rules encroachment of tribals’ rights, says Soren at eastern council meet

Hindustan Times  

RANCHI: The Forest Conservation Rules 2022 brought in by the Centre which diluted the powers of the gram sabha was an encroachment of the rights of the tribals, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said on Saturday. Speaking at the eastern zonal council meeting chaired by union home minister Amit Shah, Soren also put forth a host of demands, including those …

Forest staff demands security before resuming field work
2 years, 4 months ago

Forest staff demands security before resuming field work

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Pained over losing a colleague and attacks on others going unabated, Telangana forest service officers have decided to take a tough stand and demanded that the state government take immediate steps, including providing arms to frontline staff to prevent further attacks. M. Raja Ramana Reddy, general secretary of State Forest Service Officers Association, told Deccan Chronicle that a delegation …

Rightful claims under Forest Rights Act should not be rejected on frivolous grounds: Arjun Munda
2 years, 5 months ago

Rightful claims under Forest Rights Act should not be rejected on frivolous grounds: Arjun Munda

The Hindu  

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda on Friday chaired a meeting to review the implementation status of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, calling for expeditiously clearing of pending cases of forest land claims, especially those pending at the sub-divisional and district levels. The review meeting comes in the wake of fresh allegations from the Congress party that the Union …

Andhra Pradesh: Amendments to Forest Act harmful to society, say environmental activists
2 years, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Amendments to Forest Act harmful to society, say environmental activists

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Rythu Coolie Sangham State president Simhadri Jhansi on Tuesday said that the amendments to the Forest Act-1980 would be detrimental to the interests of the society as it would lead to ecological imbalances and drying up of rivers. Member of AP Legislative Assembly Pakalapati Raghuvarma feared that the farmers and common people would also become victims if amendments …

ST Commission Chairman promises forest access to tribals
2 years, 6 months ago

ST Commission Chairman promises forest access to tribals

Deccan Chronicle  

NELLORE: Andhra Pradesh State ST Commission chairman Dr Kumbha Ravibabu said forest officials are obstructing the movement of tribes into 92-acre forest lands in Mannangidinne area of Kavali constituency while assuring to resolve the problem after discussing with the higher officials. The Commission chairman asked the officials to support the poor tribes on humanitarian grounds for including them in the …

2006: Forest Rights Act
2 years, 7 months ago

2006: Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, commonly called the Forest Rights Act, addressed a long-pending need but also threw up hurdles for forest and wildlife conservation. The Scheduled Tribes and forest dwellers, who are among India’s most marginalised communities, number around 250 million and many of them continue to …

Address issues faced by tribals: Seethakka
2 years, 7 months ago

Address issues faced by tribals: Seethakka

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: People belonging to tribal communities were the poorest ethnic groups in the society, said All India Congress Committee women’s wing general-secretary and MLA Seethakka, and appealed to the officials concerned, especially those of the forest department, to understand their problems and resolve them. Seethakka participated in the World Tribal Day celebrations organised by Thudum Debba and hoisted the Adivasi …

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run
2 years, 7 months ago

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run

The Hindu  

Tucked away in a forested region of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Juguni Ho had long nursed a dream of owning a piece of land. Juguni Ho, Jasai Soren and Pramilla Pradhan are among the 2.59 lakh beneficiaries of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which has entered its 16th year of implementation in Odisha. “We are confident about launching Mission 2024 for …

‘MP First State to Make Tribals Land Owners’: Home Minister Amit Shah lauds CM Chouhan
2 years, 11 months ago

‘MP First State to Make Tribals Land Owners’: Home Minister Amit Shah lauds CM Chouhan

News 18  

“This is the first time in the country that a state has turned tribals into forest land owners,” Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday, heaping praises on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Shah was in Bhopal for a tribals’ convention and also took part in a mega road show, which culminated at the Bharatiya Janata Party head …

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act
3 years, 1 month ago

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

Representatives of tribals from Hunsur have urged the authorities to recognise their claims under the Forest Rights Act so as to enable them to follow their traditional practices. Ramu, convenor of Haadi Aranya Hakku Samithigala Okkuta, said that the tribals had submitted their applications under the FRA in 2009 to press for their claims and rights under the Act. Mr. …

Looking beyond the Forest Rights Act
3 years, 3 months ago

Looking beyond the Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

The Forest Rights Act has been in existence for 15 years. Further, various welfare and developmental schemes of the Rural Department were not extended everywhere to the tribal people who received documents of land possession under the FRA despite the directives issued by the Ministry to treat them on a par with others. In these places, most Central and State …

Maharashtra Tribals Can Now Build Houses Near Forest Areas, Says Govt Order
4 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Tribals Can Now Build Houses Near Forest Areas, Says Govt Order

News 18  

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable tribals and other traditional forest dwellers to "build houses in the neighbourhood forest areas". This will "enable the forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbourhood forest areas," the statement said. The governor in May …

#DakshaMasterclass: Forest Rights Legislation [9th Aug]
4 years, 7 months ago

#DakshaMasterclass: Forest Rights Legislation [9th Aug]

Live Law  

On the International Day of Indigenous People, Daksha Fellowship is organizing a session of #DakshaMasterclass on 'Forest Rights Legislation: Stocktaking of Human Rights of Indigenous People in India'. Date: Sunday, 9 August 2020 Time: 5:00 PM IST Indigenous people share a special bond with their land and have a distinctive culture, tradition and knowledge system. The Scheduled Tribes and Other …

In Jharkhand polls, focus on forest rights worked for Hemant Soren, but time will tell if JMM-led alliance can deliver
5 years, 2 months ago

In Jharkhand polls, focus on forest rights worked for Hemant Soren, but time will tell if JMM-led alliance can deliver

Firstpost  

From thousands of Adivasis being booked to amending the CNT and SPT acts, to tribals allegedly being allegedly illegally evicted, the moves made by the previous BJP government of Raghubar Das did not sit well with voters. In an interview with Outlook, Soren said, “We did our homework…I understood the aspiration of the tribals and started working with them.” From …

Maharashtra polls: Villages in Chandrapur say will hold BJP 'accountable' in 21 Oct elections as NTFP-based self-employment takes hit
5 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra polls: Villages in Chandrapur say will hold BJP 'accountable' in 21 Oct elections as NTFP-based self-employment takes hit

Firstpost  

The mismanagement of the case by the forest department has cost at least 50 families in both the villages their primary livelihood, and voters have resolved to hold the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP-Shiv Sena combine government of Maharashtra ‘accountable’ in the election. Kahi tari khotepanna chalu ahe.” ‘Forest department creating an atmosphere of fear’ The situation is summed up by Bharde …

Nature Conservation Day 2019: Forest Rights Act attempt to right historical wrongs, recognise role of traditional forest dwellers in conservation'
5 years, 7 months ago

Nature Conservation Day 2019: Forest Rights Act attempt to right historical wrongs, recognise role of traditional forest dwellers in conservation'

Firstpost  

The Forest Rights Act is an example of the benefits of and value in community-based forest governance. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 is an attempt to right these historical wrongs and to also recognize the role of India’s Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers in conservation. But this had never been recorded historically during …

Will defend Forest Rights Act: Tribal Affairs Ministry
6 years, 1 month ago

Will defend Forest Rights Act: Tribal Affairs Ministry

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 22 The Tribal Affairs Ministry on Friday said that it will defend the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act in order to safeguard the interests of the tribals in the country. The statement comes after the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of over 10 lakh families from tribal communities and other forest dwellers from the forest …

Forest Rights Act: Why are Chhattisgarh tribals up in arms over non-implementation of legislation, Centre's new conservation policy?
7 years ago

Forest Rights Act: Why are Chhattisgarh tribals up in arms over non-implementation of legislation, Centre's new conservation policy?

Firstpost  

Even a written assurance may not hold good in a region where informed consent is a remote concept and the tribes can be plucked out of the forest and dumped just about anywhere The march by the Baiga tribe and other forest dwelling communities may not have made it to the front pages of newspapers like the farmers long march …

Maharashtra farmers' march: Implementing collective forest rights more important than individual claims to land
7 years ago

Maharashtra farmers' march: Implementing collective forest rights more important than individual claims to land

Firstpost  

The big takeaway from the Adivasi protests is that implementing collective forest rights is of greater importance and priority than individual human rights. The Adivasi communities living on these forest lands have been cultivating it for decades without the legal land rights as described in the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The Act dictates that after the report of the village …

Forest departments violating Forest Rights Act, say tribals
9 years, 7 months ago

Forest departments violating Forest Rights Act, say tribals

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A group of activists has accused forest departments in several states of violating the Forest Rights Act by carrying out massive plantation on land on which tribal communities have a claim. In a meeting in April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for implementation of Forest Rights Act by states in mission mode following which the tribal affairs ministry …

Pvt sector's furtive entry into mining in tribal areas irks Deo
11 years, 7 months ago

Pvt sector's furtive entry into mining in tribal areas irks Deo

The Hindu  

Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo has criticised the Union and State governments for disinvesting in public sector companies to permit private entities to mine in tribal-dominated Schedule V areas, calling the move unconstitutional. In a letter to Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Mr. Deo said, “Circumventing the constitutional provisions through disinvestment is being done in a stealthy manner …

Coal mines: Minister pulls up MP for coercing tribals
11 years, 8 months ago

Coal mines: Minister pulls up MP for coercing tribals

The Hindu  

Union tribal affairs minister V. K. C. Deo has pulled up the state of Madhya Pradesh after repeated complaints of coercion of tribals in Singrauli district to make way for coal mines. If the charges are proven, then it is not only a violation of the Forest Rights Act but also criminal law.” The Minister had written to CM Shivraj …

Nothing straight about this line
12 years, 1 month ago

Nothing straight about this line

The Hindu  

It is stark irony that the UPA government, which instituted an award to make gram sabhas in villages function more effectively, has now decided to disempower many of them and steamroll ahead with infrastructure projects in forest areas. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, in the face of sustained pressure from the Prime Minister, has acted in unseemly haste to …

Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM
12 years, 1 month ago

Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM

The Hindu  

In a joint strategy for their meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan and Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo both reportedly plan to oppose any dilution of tribal rights in forest areas. Highly placed sources at the Environment Ministry say that Ms. Natarajan has spoken to her counterpart at the Tribal Affairs …

Forest Rights Act losing steam as officials play with rules
14 years, 7 months ago

Forest Rights Act losing steam as officials play with rules

The Hindu  

The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act in Madhya Pradesh faces a host of problems due to a strange interpretation of the Act by the Forest Department. Ministry circular Probably keeping this in mind, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had issued a circular two years ago, requesting “all State/Union Territory governments not to resort …

Community forestry rights
14 years, 7 months ago

Community forestry rights

The Hindu  

The passage of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006 is a watershed event in the prolonged struggle of adivasis and other forest-dwellers of the country. For the first time in the history of Indian forests, the State admits that rights have been denied to forest-dwelling people, and the law attempts not only to right that “historic …

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