(a) whether the Government set up a Committee for the framing of guidelines on Habitat Rights for Particularly vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) guaranteed under the Forest Rights Act;
(b) if so, the details including date on which it was set up and composition of the Committee; and
(c) whether the Committee includes representation from people belonging to PVTGs, if so, the details thereof?
(a) to (c): Ministry of Tribal Affairs has constituted an Expert Committee on 21.02.2020 under the Chairpersonship of Shri Hrusikesh Panda, Former Secretary, Tribal Affairs on improvement of the recognition and vesting process of community rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The Composition of the Committee is as at Annexure1. The committee has 2 subgroups who will focus on (i) Habitat Rights of PVTGs and (ii) Seasonal Resource access to Nomadic and Pastoralist communities. The details of members of these sub groups is given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II.
Annexure 1
Annexure 1to Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2823 for answer on 21.3.2022 asked by Shri A Raja, Hon''ble MP regarding ''Committee for PVTGs''.
Composition of the Committee
o Shri Hrusikesh Panda, Former Secretary, Tribal Affairs – Chairman
o Concerned Bureau Head/Director (FRA), MoTA – Member
o Mr. J. B. Tuwit, IAS (Retd.) -Member
o Mr. Arun Uraon, IPS (Retd.) - Member
o Mr. Etwa Munda, IRS (Retd.) – Member
o Ms Madhu Sarine, Independent Researcher -Member
o Mr. Naresh Biswas, Independent Researcher – Member
o Mr. Ajay Dolke, Srujan – Member
o Dr. K. AmitabBachhan, Kerala – Member
o Mr. Ramesh Bhatti, Center for Pastoralism — Member
o Himdhara, Himachal Pradesh – Member
o Mr. Y. Giri Rao, Director, Vasundhara- Member
o Mr. Satyam Shrivastava, Society for Rural Urban and Tribal Initiative, New Delhi – Member
o Mr. Sudhir Pal, CEO, Manthan YuvaSansthan, Jharkhand – Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Madhya Pradesh Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Chhattisgarh – Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department Andhra Pradesh – Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Manipur – Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Himachal Pradesh – Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Karnataka -Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Arunachal Pradesh-Member
o Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Rajasthan -Member
o Representative of Ministry of Social Justice, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
o Representative of Ministry of Minority Affairs, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
o Representative of The Anthropological Survey of India, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
o Representative of Department of Land Resources, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
o Representative of Department of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
Annexure-I
The composition of the sub-group constituted for framing guidelines on Habitat Rights of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) under Section 3 (1) (d) of FRA, 2006
(a) Shri Hrusikesh Panda, Former Secretary, Tribal Affairs – Chairman
(b) Concerned Bureau Head/ Director (FRA), MoTA – Member
(c) Mr. J. B. Tuwit, IAS (Retd.) - Member
(d) Ms Madhu Sarine, Independent Researcher- Member
(e) Mr. Naresh Biswas, Independent Researcher – Member
(f) Mr. Y. Giri Rao, Director, Vasundhara- Member
(g) Mr. Sudhir Pal, CEO, Manthan YuvaSansthan, Jharkhand- Member
(h) Mr. Ajay Dolke, Srujan- Member
(i) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Madhya Pradesh – Member
(j) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Chhattisgarh – Member
(k) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Andhra Pradesh – Member
(l) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Manipur Member
(m) Representative of The Anthropological Survey of India, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
(n) Representative of Department of Land Resources, at the level of Joint Secretary – Member
(o) Representative of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, at the level of Joint Secretary- Member
Annexure-II
The composition of the sub-group constituted for framing guidelines seasonal resource access rights of pastoralist or nomadic communities under Section 3 (1)(d) of FRA, 2006
a) Shri Hrusikesh Panda, Former Secretary, Tribal Affairs - Chairman
b) Concerned Bureau Head/ Director (FRA), MoTA - Member
c) Mr. Arun Uraon, IPS (Retd.) - Member
d) Mr. Etwa Munda, IRS (Retd.) - Member
e) Dr. K. AmitabBachhan, Kerala- Member
f) Mr. Ramesh Bhatti, Center for Pastoralism - Member
g) Himdhara, Himachal Pradesh- Member
h) Mr. Y. Giri Rao, Director, Vasundhara- Member
i) Mr. Satyam Shrivastava, Society for Rural Urban and Tribal Initiative, New Delhi - Member
j) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Himachal Pradesh - Member
k) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Karnataka Member
1) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Arunachal Pradesh - Member
m) Principal Secretary of State Tribal Development Department, Rajasthan Member
n) Representative of The Anthropological Survey of India, at the level of Joint Secretary - Member
0) Representative of Ministry of Social Justice, at the level of Joint Secretary - Member
p) Representative of Ministry of Minority Affairs, at the level of Joint Secretary - Member
q) Representative of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, at the level of Joint Secretary - Member
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