GS-II: Governance, Polity, IR
Forest Rights Act
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The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Forest Rights Act/FRA) recognises individual and community forest rights of Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers over forest land occupied before December 2005, establishes gram sabha-centred claims adjudication through Forest Rights Committees, District Level Committees, and State Level Monitoring Committees, and confers rights including habitat rights of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights. Significant for balancing forest conservation with tribal livelihood and self-governance rights, making it a key intersection of environment, tribal welfare and federalism.