New Delhi, DHNS: Six months after the notification to the Forest Rights Act, Karnataka is yet to implement the Act, which will accord legal rights to forest dwellers on the piece of land, on which they have lived for generations. On Friday, Karnataka Social Welfare Minister D Sudhakar admitted in …
Publicity given for the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 to educate the STs on their rights on forest land became a nuisance for the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA). ITDA organised street plays with the help of Jana Vignana Vedika cultural troops …
Jeevan Chinnappa This provides for constitution of forest rights committee, State-level committee Gram panchayats to convene gram sabhas to set up the committees In January, Manmohan told States to expedite it The process of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights) Act of 2006 …
Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers have been completely dependent on forests for their livelihood and they have been given rights over forest lands through the new Act framed in this connection. Forest dwellers are friends of forests and play an important role in their development and preservation. The …
Bhopal : In the interest of poor forest dwellers and tribals, the state government has issued additional directives about rapid, impartial and dedicated implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition to Forest Rights) Act 2006 and Rule 2008. While issuing fresh directives to this effect, Principal Secretary …
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition to Rights) Act and Rules 2008 is being implemented in Madhya Pradesh in a time-bound manner. At the review meetings held in New Delhi in February and May in connection with implementation of the Act, the Union government has praised Madhya Pradesh …
the supreme court on March 28 said it would examine the constitutional validity of the Forests Rights Act which provides right to land to scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers. The court issued notices to the union and the state governments on a petition challenging the validity of the act …
