Study on the Implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in District Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, India

Sangram Singh Katiyar

doi:10.36808/if/2024/v150i5/170265

Study on the Implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in District Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, India

Authors

Sangram Singh Katiyar Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve Sawai, Madhopur, Rajasthan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2024/v150i5/170265

Keywords:

Forest Rights Act-2006, District Level Committee (DLC)

Abstract

The implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 was studied from January 2020 to December 2021 in the entire territory of the Forest Division of Pratapgarh. After the implementation of the Forest Rights Act -2006 a total of 15735 applications were received in the district as a claim for forest rights. Out of those, 6734 claims were accepted by the District Level Committee (DLC), but 9001 claims were rejected by the District Level Committee (DLC). A total of 2406 cases were rejected. Forest claims were again reviewed and only 505 cases were accepted by the District Level Committee (DLC). So, the total number of forest rights claims accepted by the District Level committee after the review is 7239, and the rest of the cases are in the category of rejected forest claims for various reasons. These rejected forest claim holders are still inside the forest of Pratapgarh without any legal sanctity. So, the present study is based on the implementation and impact of the Forest Rights Act-2006 on the tribals of Pratpagrah as well as the biodiversity loss due to the illegal encroachment of tribals in the forest of Pratpgarh. At the same time, this study is also important considering the recent Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment of February 13, 2019, which ordered the states to evict all the people who had their claims rejected under the Act by July 24, 2019. Furthermore, it directed the Forest Survey of India to conduct a satellite survey and place on record encroachment positions before and after evictions."

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