MOST IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS Reference Prime Minister's Office l.D. No.56O/5L/C|2/O8-ES.2 dated 7th May, 2008 on the above-mentioned subject. 2. Status report on the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st March 2020 is sent herewith. The same could not be sent earlier, since the concerned reports from the States have been received only recently. PMO (Ms. P Amudha. JS to PM), South Block. New Delhi M/o TribalAffairs' l.D. No.23011/3/2016-F RA dated 24th August, 2020. Copy to: Cabinet Secretariat (Ms. Rachna Shah, Additional Secretary) NITI Aayog (Ms. Sanayukta Samaddar, OSD) Director (NlC), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, with the request that this status report (Annex-|, Annex-ll, Annex-lll and Annex-lv) may be put up on the Ministry's website www.triba l. nic.in under an appropriate heading. Copy also for information to:- PS to Hon'ble MTA PS to Hon'ble MOS(TA) PPS to Secretary (TA) PPS to JS(Admn.) PPS to JS (RJ ) 1 2 3 1. z. 3. 4. 5. Subject: Monthly update on status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other TraditionalForest Dweller (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,2006, h^-+ (Manoj Ba pna) Director Tel. No.011-23070508
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MOST IMMEDIATE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Reference Prime Minister's Office l.D. No.56O/5L/C|2/O8-ES.2 dated 7th May, 2008on the above-mentioned subject.
2. Status report on the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other TraditionalForest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st March 2020is sent herewith. The same could not be sent earlier, since the concerned reports from theStates have been received only recently.
PMO (Ms. P Amudha. JS to PM), South Block. New Delhi
M/o TribalAffairs' l.D. No.23011/3/2016-F RA dated 24th August, 2020.
Director (NlC), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, with the request that this status report(Annex-|, Annex-ll, Annex-lll and Annex-lv) may be put up on the Ministry's websitewww.triba l. nic.in under an appropriate heading.
Copy also for information to:-
PS to Hon'ble MTA
PS to Hon'ble MOS(TA)
PPS to Secretary (TA)
PPS to JS(Admn.)PPS to JS (RJ )
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Subject: Monthly update on status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and OtherTraditionalForest Dweller (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,2006,
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DirectorTel. No.011-23070508
GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 [for the period ending 31.3.2020]
Readiness of the States in the implementation of the Act:
(i) An updated status of State-wise implementation of the Act is given in
Annexure-|. As per the information collected till now,42,51,545 claims
14L,o2,437 individual and 1,49,108 community claims) have been filed
and 19,83,504 titles (19,07,125 individual and 75,378 community claims)
have been distributed.
(ii) A total of 37,36,o57 (87.88%) claims have been disposed of. lt may be
seen that there is decrease of 3500 claims being shown as disposed off in
March, 2020 cumulatively compared to the previous month. The
number of disposed off claims are seen to decrease only in Odisha. The
reasons for the same were obtained from the State Government which
has clarified that claims rejected earlier are under review and therefore,
the number of claims disposed of has decreased.
A statement on claims received and distribution of title deeds in various
states, as in Annexure-ll, is being maintained.
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(ii) State wise details of claims received, titles distributed and the extent of forest land for which titles distributed (individual and community), as on
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1 Andhra Pradesh
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Pradesh
State Government has informed that Arunachal Pradesh is a 100% tribal dominated State and almost all la nds are wholly
possessed by the various ethnic tribal groups. As such there is noinstance of eviction of forest dwellers who have been dwelling in
the Forest even before implementation of the Act, 2006.
Consequently, there are no claims of Forest received under theAct,2006.
3 Assam
4 Bihar
5 Chhattisga rh
Goa
7 Gujarat
8 Haryana
The State Govt. has informed that there are no Scheduled Tribes
and other traditional forest dwellers living in the forests ofHaryana
9HimachalPradesh
10 lharkhand
11 Karnata ka
t2 Kerala
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74 Maharashtra
15 Manipur
The State Government of Manipur has informed that there has
been no substantial progress in the implementation of the Act due
to the face that apart from reserved forest/ wild life sanctuariesthe tribal communities and Tribal Chiefs are already holding
ownership of forest land as they are ancestral land. Therefore,implementation of said Act is likely to be very minimum.
Meghalaya
The State Government has submitted that it has 76.44Yo area
under forest cover amongst which only 5.10% area is under directadministrative control of the State Forest Department in the formof Reserved Forest, Protected Forest, protected areas, and rest ofthe Forest areas are either privately or community owned. The
major portion of forest areas are owned and administered by thetraditional institutions like Syiem, Dolloi, and Nokma and
communities are enjoying surface rights and sub-surface rightssince time immoral.
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It was further stated that Gram Sabha is absent due to applicationof 5th Schedule Area. The State Government is in the process ofidentifying suitable institution or elected villa8e committee tosubstitute the Gram Sabha to facilitate implementation of theScheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights), Act, 2005.
T7 Mizoram
State Government informed that being a Sixth Schedule state,nearly 100% of the population of Mizoram are Scheduled Tribe and
is sharing common ownership of non- reserved forest land underthe jurisdiction of every village. Hence, the issue of deprivation orrejection of rights never arise till date as forest ownership rights
was recognized and vested in the ha nds of the community of everyvillages since time immemorial.
18 Nagaland
Government of Nagaland informed that in the State of Nagaland,
the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,2005 is not applicable in view ofthe provisions of Article 371 A of the Constitution which gives
special status to the State of Nagaland with reBard to the rights ofthe people over land and its resources. The inhabitants of the State
are predominantly tribal with distinct linguistic, culture, tradition,customs and socio- political characteristics and also the land and
Forests belongs to the private indivlduals, clans or community in
the villages and land holding and resources therein are governed
by traditional and customary practices of the people. That the said
Article also specifically provides that No Act of Parliament in
respect of ownership and transfer of land and its resources, shall
apply to the State of Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly ofNagaland by a resolution so decides. That in view of the said
provision of the Constitution, there is no resolution passed by theLegislatlve Assembly to make the Scheduled Tribes and OtherTraditional Forest Dwellers ( Recognition of Forest Rights)Act 2006
applicable to the State of Nagaland
19 Od is ha
20 Punjab
Rajasthan
27 Sikkim
ln Sikkim, there are no Forest Dwelling STs and Other Traditional
Forest Dwellers in the true sense of the terms. Most of the STs ofSikkim hold revenue land in their own name and they are not solely
dependent on the forests for their livelihood
23 Tamil Nadu
24 Tela nga na
25 Tripura
26 Uttar Pradesh
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29 A&N lsla nd s
The Andaman & Nicobar Administration has informed that the area
inhabited by the Scheduled Tribes in the Union Territory Andaman
and Nicobar lslands has been declared as Reserved Areas under
The Andaman a nd Nicobar lslands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes),
their interests are fully protected under the said Regulation by
exclusively preserving the area for them in which they enioy
unfettered rights to use forests products for their bonafide use, so
no claim as such is therefore settlement under the Scheduled
Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers ( Recognition ofForest Rights) Act, 2005. And nobody qualifies for being thetraditional forest dwellers having resided on the forest/ land /tribal reserve for the bonafide livelihood needs for threegenerations (75 years), prior to 13.12.2005 for the purpose ofrecognition of forest right under the above said Act.
30 Chandigarh
31 Daman & Diu
Administration of Daman & Diu has Informed that as per records
of Forest Department, no village in the District of Daman and Diu
has been declared as forest village so far
32 D&N Haveli
33 Delhi
34 Lakshadweep
The UT Administration has intimated that there are no terrestrial
forests and no forest tribes or traditional forest dwellers in
Lakshadweep.
35 Puducherry
The UT has submitted that there are no recorded forests i.e.
Reserved or Protected forest land in Puducherry The notified
Scheduled Tribes in the UT does not reside on Forest Land hence
as such the "scheduled Trlbes and other Traditional Forest
Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2005 " is not a pplicable
to the Union Territory of Puducherry
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Annexure -ll(A Statement of Claims and distribution of title deeds under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest owellers R ition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 as on 31.3.2020
Annexure-lllStatus of lmplementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 in the Left WingExtremism (LWE) States as on 31,3.2020.
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StatesNo. of Claims received upto 31.3.2020 No. of Titles Distributed upto 31.3.2020 No. of
ClaimsRelected
Total No. ofClaims
Disposed off
% Claims disposedoff with respect
to claims receivedlndividual Community Total lndividual Community Total