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The Union Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) recently approved requests to allow more bore holes to be drilled on forest land for mineral exploration activity without seeking clearance

Amid pushback, Chhattisgarh withdraws community forest rights

July 04, 2025 6:43 am

The advisory was withdrawn on the directions of state Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap, the forest department said in a press statement.

After backlash, forest dept withdraws controversial letter on Forest Rights Act

April 18, 2025 11:29 am

The letter addressed at least seven points, including the broad application of Other Traditional Forest Dweller (OTFD), which is risky in the Himachal context, the quasi-judicial nature of the FRA, etc.

Centre asks states to create mechanism for compliance with Forest Rights Act

'Show us the numbers': Centre's tribal ministry asks states to explain forest dwellers' evictions from tiger reserves

January 14, 2025 10:15 am

The Ministry has asked the state tribal development and forest departments for a report detailing the name and number of villages situated in tiger reserves.

FRA implementation stalled due to state govt's failure, Centre's legislation to dilute it: Cong

April 18, 2024 8:46 pm

A historic legislation passed by the UPA in December 2006, the FRA empowers forest-dwelling communities to manage their forests - as they have for generations - and harvest forest produce for economic benefit, the former environment minister said on a post on X.

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In 153 LS seats, forest rights likely to be major poll issue

April 13, 2024 5:02 am

A research report by the Land Conflict Watch (LCW), a New Delhi-based data research agency, also shows in these 153 parliamentary seats, a total of 264 “land conflicts” were recorded.

Forest Rights Act in Jammu and Kashmir: A transformation in the making

August 18, 2023 9:37 am

Implementation of the Forest Rights Act in Jammu and Kashmir will require hand-holding tribal communities. Civil society has to partner government in this endeavour

Karnataka: 44,016 claims under Forest Rights Act rejected in Shivamogga

February 22, 2022 4:45 pm

Senior forest department officials said that while most of the applications by scheduled tribes (ST) have been settled, the problem lies with the other traditional forest dwellers (OTFD).

Karnataka ranks ninth in approving pleas under Forest Rights Act

September 14, 2021 7:25 am

The state has so far received 2.81 lakh applications from STs and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) till February this year, of which 1.8 lakh claims were rejected.

From 2012, Odisha saw steep fall in recgnition of FRA claims: study

August 05, 2021 7:13 am

The report also says that there is a huge gap between the minimum potential forest areas to be recognised under the Forest Rights Act and recognised forest areas as of April 30 — even 13 years after its implementation.

Himachal to start producing its own seeds

Jai Ram Thakur hails Supreme Court go-ahead for 605 infra projects

February 17, 2021 12:55 am

Thakur said the apex court, through order dated February 15, has cleared the way for implementing 138 projects for which approval has been given by the Centre under Forest Conservation Act (FCA) and also permitted to execute 465 projects under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).