{"id":345013,"date":"2025-08-23T18:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345013"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:44:37","slug":"forest-rights-act-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/forest-rights-act-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Rights Act, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Tribal representative body complains that the Andaman and Nicobar administration gave a \u2018false\u2019 report stating that tribal people\u2019s rights under FRA were identified and settled.<\/p>\n<h2>About Forest Rights Act, 2006<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345022\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-MoTA-1.jpg?resize=297%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-MoTA-1.jpg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-MoTA-1.jpg?w=586&amp;ssl=1 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; MoTA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Forest Rights Act, 2006 is also known as the <strong>Schedule Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a key legislation in India that <strong>legally recognizes<\/strong> the <strong>rights of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs)<\/strong> over land and forest resources they have been dependent on for <strong>generations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> Ministry of Tribal Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To <strong>recognize<\/strong> and <strong>vest forest rights<\/strong> in forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDSTs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Redress historical mistakes to tribal and traditional forest dwellers.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure their rights to livelihood, habitation, and access to forest resources.<\/li>\n<li>Promote ecological sustainability by enlisting these communities in protection, conservation, and management of forests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recognition of rights: <\/strong>The Act recognizes and vests forest rights and occupation over forest land in Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) who have been residing in such forests for generations but were not officially acknowledged due to colonial forest policies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Types of rights granted:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title rights:<\/strong> Right to ownership of forest land being cultivated by tribals or forest dwellers, up to a maximum of 4 hectares (no new lands given).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use rights:<\/strong> Right to use and collect minor forest produce (eg. fodder, fuel, bamboo), grazing areas, fish, and water bodies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relief and development rights:<\/strong> Protection against eviction and rights to rehabilitation and basic amenities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community and management rights:<\/strong> Right to protect, regenerate, or manage any community forest resource and to safeguard their traditions and habitat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gram Sabha\u2019s role:<\/strong> The Gram Sabha (village assembly) is the nodal agency to initiate, receive, and verify claims, and its decisions move up through committees at the sub-division and district level.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community empowerment: <\/strong>The law empowers forest dwellers to <strong>access, use, and manage forest resources<\/strong> and protects them from <strong>unlawful eviction<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It allows for <strong>basic infrastructure<\/strong> <strong>facilities<\/strong> in forest areas as recommended by Gram Sabhas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Tribal representative body complains that the Andaman and Nicobar administration gave a \u2018false\u2019 report stating that tribal people\u2019s rights under FRA were identified and settled. About Forest Rights Act, 2006 The Forest Rights Act, 2006 is also known as the Schedule Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. It is a key legislation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/forest-rights-act-2006\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forest Rights Act, 2006<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1731,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-345013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-bill-and-acts","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}