Tag: Forest Rights Act

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is the first state to distribute maximum number of land titles (patta) under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, informed SC/ST Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi today, after a review meeting on implementation of the Act. Majhi said till date 4,5,897 people have been provided with individual land titles […]

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jayram Ramesh today said the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is going to launch a nationwide campaign on the issue of implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) from August

Bhubaneswar: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit Odisha soon to attend a programme on the implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) in the state.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has managed to retain the top spot in implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, for the third consecutive year, a senior government official said on Friday. The state has also been successful in converging the FRA with other poverty alleviation schemes, as per the outcome of a review taken by Prime […]

Congress on Thursday accused the Centre and Odisha government of diluting the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and said it will launch a campaign in the state and elsewhere, to make tribals aware of their rights

The Odisha government has rejected over 1.45 lakh individual and community claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, till Dec 2014

Bhubaneswar: Following the Supreme Court order asking the States to evict lakhs of claimants rejected under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) within four months, Odisha government today stated that it would select actual claimants on case-to-case basis and provide them land record of rights (RoRs/ Pattas). Odisha SC &ST Development Minister Ramesh Majhi said the […]