Forest (Conservation) Rules consistent with Forest Rights Act: Bhupender Yadav
Forest Rules, 2022, do not dilute or infringe upon provisions of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav has clarified. “It is actually the State Government diversion order issued subsequently which authorises use of forest land for intended purposes and hand over the land to the user agency.” Yadav said the process envisaged in FRA and new rules framed thereunder are more likely to be parallel with other statutory processes. “The State Government or Union Territory may ensure compliance of Forest Rights Act, 2006 at the initial or at any stage.the provisions of FC Rules, 2022 do not bar the authorities to do so but in any case, it should be before handing over forest land to the user agency.” He cited provisions under Section 11 of FRA and said the Union tribal affairs ministry or any officer or authority authorised by the Centre shall be the nodal agency for the implementation. “.Section 4 of the Forest Right Act, 2006 is very specific and provides that no member of a forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribe or other traditional forest dwellers shall be evicted or removed from the forest land under his occupation till the recognition and verification procedure is complete.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} He added that the responsibility to ensure recognition and settlement of rights of Scheduled Tribes and Other forest dwellers before their eviction vest with states, UTs and the tribal affairs ministry.
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