Shakti DubeyAIR 1 · CSE 2024 · 266 wordsTheir whole copy
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"Tribal Panchsheel" given by JL Nehru has acted as a guiding light for our policies towards the tribal communities and has helped us to take step towards undoing the historical injustice.
Forest Right Act, 2006 :-
The Act was brought into picture after realising the importance of joint management of natural resources in forest by cooperation among the forest & its communities.
Provision of Act :-
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(1) It recognises the rights of tribal communities with respect to forest
(2) It defines the forest products into - Major & Minor forest produce
(3) The tribal communities have right to use the minor forest produce (4) It prevents the transfer of tribal forested land to non-tribal individual. (5) It is based on idea of allowing tribes to develop along their own genus.
The Act was brought to ensure a balance between
Status of its implementation :-
(1) Despite almost two decades of its implementation - the tribes continue to face repression & eviction (2) Their indigenous and traditional practices like - slash & burn cultivation are highly controlled in forested area. (3) With expansion of urbanisation, the forest lands are been leased without proper rehabilitation of tribal community.
This posses a challenge to the rights and liberties of the tribal community.
WAY FORWARD :-
(1) There is a need to revisit the act & amend certain provision to make it's implementation more stronger. (2) The act must be amended after consulting all the stakeholders. (3) Strict rehabilitation norm to be added in case of eviction.
Close · a summary
Thus the act needs to be revisited in order to ensure it's relevance.