MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SHRI JASWANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR)
(a) The number of Forest Villages, total population in the forest villages and ST population in the Forest Villages State/UT wise is at Annexure I.
(b) & (c) This Ministry has issued guidelines on conversion of forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages etc. into revenue villages vide letter No.23011/33/2010-FRA dated 08.11.2013. Status of conversion of Forest Villages to Revenue Villages based on the information received from the State Governments is at Annexure-2.
(d) Section 4(5) of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 provides specific safeguards against the eviction or removal of a member of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribe or other traditional forest dwellers from forest land under his occupation till the recognition and verification procedure is complete. The Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 also provides special safeguards for Scheduled Tribes with regard to their land rights and livelihood.
(e) As per the information received from various State Governments /UT Administrations upto 31st May, 2016, 17,46,338 titles (17,02,846 individual and 43,492 community) have been distributed. The State/UT-wise details is at Annexure-3.
(f) Complaints are received from time to time regarding implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The onus of implementation of the Act lies with State/UT Governments which is an ongoing process. Hence, these complaints are referred to the respective State Government/UT Administrations for taking necessary action at their level. This Ministry constantly follows up with the concerned States/UTs and provides support by holding consultations in different parts of the county and clarify doubts whenever required. A list of complaints received and action taken by the Ministry is Annexure-4.
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Annexure- I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2456 for 01.08.2016 regarding “Forest Villages”.
(Source: Census 2011)
Sl. No. State Name No. of Forest Villages Total Population in the forest village ST Population in the forest village
1 Jammu & Kashmir 41 82652 56539
2 Uttarakhand 421 187432 2538
3 Uttar Pradesh 89 44178 1523
4 Sikkim 51 3691 893
5 Assam 897 765098 329445
6 Jharkhand 14 6575 5762
7 Odisha 47 2544 2120
8 Chhattisgarh 658 217123 179423
9 Madhya Pradesh 1165 737837 635671
10 Gujarat 162 38047 29624
11 Maharashtra 73 81675 80181
12 Andhra Pradesh 3 341 341
13 Tamil Nadu 736 23125 7764
14 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 169 15693 441
INDIA 4526 2206011 1332265
Annexure-2
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2456 for 01.08.2016 regarding “Forest Villages”.
Status of conversion of Forest Villages to Revenue Villages as per Forest Rights Act,2006 based on the information received from the State Governments.
S.No Name of the State Forest village to Revenue village
1. Madhya Pradesh 925 Forest Villages to be converted to Revenue Villages
2 Maharashtra All Forest villages except for 73 Villages in Nandurbar are in the process of conversion into revenue villages
3 Chhattisgarh 421 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages
4 West Bengal 86 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages
5 Odisha Recorded 22 Forest Villages and unsurveyed habitationsidentified for being converted to Revenue villages
6 Gujarat Out of total 196 recorded forest settlement, 175 have been identified for conversion to Revenue villages
7 Uttar Pradesh Out of total 12 recordedforest settlements, 6 have been converted to Revenue Villages.
States No. of Titles Distributed upto 31.05.2016
Individual Community Total
Andhra Pradesh 167,263 2,107 169,370
Assam 35,407 860 36,267
Bihar 222 0 222
Chhattisgarh 347,789 0 347,789
Gujarat 73,163 3,875 77,038
Himachal Pradesh 238 108 346
Jharkhand 41,691 1,434 43,125
Karnataka 8,159 144 8,303
Kerala 24,599 0 24,599
Madhya Pradesh 200,541 23,139 223,680
Maharashtra 106,063 4,187 110,250
Odisha 375,316 5,163 380,479
Rajasthan 35,759 69 35,828
Tamil Nadu 3,723 0 3,723
Telangana 99,486 761 100,247
Tripura 122,528 55 122,583
Uttar Pradesh 17,712 843 18,555
Uttarakhand 0 0 0
West Bengal 43,187 747 43,934
Total 1,702,846 43,492 1,746,338
ANNEXURE-3.
Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2456 for 01.08.2016 regarding “Forest Villages”.
State-wise details of titles distributed as on 31.5.2016
Annexure-4
Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2456 for 01.08.2016 regarding “Forest Villages”.
S.No. Name of the Complainant Name of concerned State Nature of Complaint Action Taken
1 Shri Basudeb Acharia, M.P., Leader CPI Chhattisgarh Providing patta to the tribal population under FRA, 2006. Forwarded to State Govt. of Chhattisgarh for taking appropriate action
2 MS. Priya Pillai, Policy Advisor, Greenpeace India Madhya Pradesh Non-implementation of FRA in area proposed for diversion for coal mine. Forwarded to State Govt. of MP for taking appropriate action.
3 Dr. AnandMurai, Ex. Gen. Sec. JPCC & Patron Jharkhand Adivasi Mahasabha Jharkhand Charter of demands of tribal of Jharkhand State. State Government of Jharkhand is requested to take action.
4 Shri K.A. Gunasekaran, Tribal People Council, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Non-implementation of FRA. State Government of Tamil Nadu is requested to take action.
5 Shri R.D. Negi, Kinnaur Van Adhikaar Dharak Kissan Sangh Himachal Pradesh Encroachment of the forest land. State Government of HP requested to take action.
6 Shri Digvijay Singh, Gen. Secretary, AICC Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Demarcation of forest land and revenue land in the state. State Government of MP and Chhattisgarh were requested to take necessary action.
7 Shri Ramesh Nandwana, Coordinator, Jangal Zameen Jan Andolan, Udaipur Rajasthan Related to irregularities in the implementation of FRA. State Govt. of Rajasthan is requested to take action
8 Shri Kishore Kumar Parichha, Vice President, Odhia Kendupatra Karamchari Sangh, Odisha Odisha Non-implementation of FRA. State Govt. of Odisha requested to take action.
9 Shri Anil Garg, Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Non-implementation of FRA. MoEF and State Govt. of M.P. were requested to take action.
10 Ms. Archana Sivaramakrishnaan, Keystone Foundation Karnataka Reg. destroying the honey processing equipment by Range Forest Officer. State Govt. of Karnataka requested to take action.
11 Shri Sudhir Mungtiwar, President, BJP Maharashtra State Maharashtra Decision to seek the evidence in respect of the possession of forest land by ST in Maharashtra State State Govt. of Maharashtra is requested to take action.
12 Nikunj Garg, new Darpan Social Welfare Society, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Wrongly stating of De-notified Forest Land which falls under the scope of FRA, 2006. State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
13 Sangmitra Dubey, Vasundhara, Bhubaneswar Odisha Plantation being carried out on forest land recognized under FRA State Govt. of Odisha requested for appropriate action.
14. Sh. Karam Ram, Vill. Sirsi, Post and Distt. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand Jharkhand For providing Patta of of 2.05 acres State Govt. of Jharkhand is requested for appropriate action.
15 Sh. Muktilal Ekka and others of vill. Kantapali, Distt. Sundargarh, Odisha Odihas Regarding rejection of claims under FRA State Govt. of Odisha requested for appropriate action.
16 Villagers of Village Gond Binapal, Distt. Kanker, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Non taking decision on the community rights claims State Govt. of Chhattisgarh requested for appropriate action.
17 Villagers of Village Aturbeda, Distt. Kanker, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Non taking decision on the community rights claims State Govt. of Chhattisgarh requested for appropriate action.
18 Villagers of village Peepala, Distt. Pali, Rajasthan Rajasthan Non taking decision on claims submitted under FRA State Govt. of Rajasthan requested for appropriate action.
19 71 representations of different villagers of Ratlam Distt. of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Regarding disposing off of long pending claims and objections under FRA State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
20 Villagers of Village Ishramtnada, Teh. and Distt. Khandava, M.P. Madhya Pradesh Rejection of claims under FRA by Block and Distt. Committee State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
21 Kamal Kumar, President Forest Right Committee, Karnarthu, Village Fatahar, Distt. Kangra, H.P. Himachal Pd. Non transfer of land for village development State Govt. of Himachal Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
22 Sh. Muktilal Ekka, Village Badgaon, Odisha Odisha Allotment of land under FRA State Govt. of Odisha requested for appropriate action.
23 Villagers of village Khorari Teh. Majhgaon, Distt. Satna, M.P. Madhya Pd. Non-disposing of FRA claims State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
24 President, Van Adhikar Samiti, Vill. Rajgarh, Distt. Sivani Madhya Pd. For disposing of individual FRA claims State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
25 Sh. Pushpanjali Satpathy, vill. Patrapalli, Distt. Jharsuguda, Odisha Odisha Non receipt of community right under FRA State Govt. of Odisha requested for appropriate action.
26 Sh. Umeshwar Singh, Coordinator, Hasdeo Arnaya Bachao Simiti, Distt. Korba, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Regarding rejection of community claims of village Ghjatbari, Distt. Sarguja State Govt. of Chhattisgarh requested for appropriate action.
27 Sh. Ghathya, Vill. Sarai, Distt. Khandva, M.P. Madhya Pradesh Rejection of individual claims State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
28 Sh. Jedu Singh Netam, Gondwana Mahasabha, Ditt. Balaghat, M.P. Madhya Pradesh Reg. approving the Divine Land as a community right. State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
29 65 applications from different villagers of Ratlam Distt. of M.P. Madhya Pradesh Regarding disposing off of long pending claims and objections under FRA State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh requested for appropriate action.
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