GS Paper 3: The ‘Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights Act)’: Context: Ignoring the law that stresses that original inhabitants, traditional forest dwellers and Adivasis must not be evicted from Tiger Reserves, the MoEFCC, has recently simply stated that they will be rehabilitated so that they do not lose their …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. The ‘Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights Act)’: Context: The Himachal Pradesh government has said that it settled 164 claims filed under Section 3(1) and 1,811 cases filed under Section 3(2) of the Forests Rights Act (FRA), 2006. About the …
Topics Covered: Conservation related issues Context: The President of India has empowered (under clause (1) of Article 239 of the Constitution) the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the State Government under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: Individual and community right certificates were recently handed over to the beneficiaries of Gujjar-Bakerwal and Gaddi-Sippi communities in Jammu and Kashmir under the Forest Rights Act. The Act is being implemented from December 1, 2020. Before 2019, many Central laws were not implemented in Srinagar. …
