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40% claims under Forest Rights Act rejected in Gujarat, says House data
The Morning Standard
|August 09, 2024
MORE than 40 per cent of the land title claims by the tribals under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected in Gujarat, according to data disclosed by the government in the Rajya Sabha.
On August 7, Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson queried about the details of individual and community title claims made and approved under the FRA for STs and other traditional forest dwellers over the past five years. In response, the ministry of tribal affairs released statistics on the approved and rejected FRA claims nationwide.
This story is from the August 09, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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