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  • Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act,  popularly known as FRA was enacted in 2006.
  • As per the FRA, the state governments / UT administrations are responsible for the implementation of various provisions of the Act.
    • According to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 23.43 lakh land titles have been distributed (individual and community rights) across States.
       
  • Features of the Act
    • The act recognizes individual rights (Rights of Self-cultivation and Habitation) and community rights (Grazing, Fishing, access to Water bodies, etc.)
    • Role of Gram Sabha- identification of beneficiaries, permission for the diversion of forestland for non-forest purposes, etc.
    • Forest land means land of any description falling within any forest area including unclassified forests, existing or deemed forests, protected forests, etc.
    • Rights can be claimed by any member or community that has for at least three generations (75 years) before the 13th day of December 2005 lived in the forest. 
       
  • Issues: Slow Implementation, limited grievance redressal mechanisms, predominantly focused on individual rights, etc.
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