Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006

The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 recognizes the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations, but whose rights could not be recorded, to forest resources, on which these communities were dependent for a variety of needs, including livelihood, habitation and other socio-cultural needs.

  • This Act not only recognizes the rights to hold and live in the forest land under the individual or common occupation for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood, but also grants several other rights to ensure their control over forest resources which, inter-alia, include ....
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