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Consider the following statements regarding the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and its provisions on grazing and pastoral rights over forest land:

Statements

  1. The Forest Rights Act, 2006 recognises community rights of pastoral and nomadic communities to traditional seasonal resource access and grazing in forests, covering both settled communities and communities practising transhumance.
  2. Under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Sub-Divisional Level Committee (SDLC) is the primary body designated to receive and initially process individual and community claims for forest rights, including grazing rights.
  3. The Forest Rights Act, 2006 is administered by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, not the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, reflecting the Act's primary character as a law addressing historical injustices to forest-dwelling communities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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