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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &amp;nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &amp;nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &amp;nbsp;within and outside forest area through &amp;ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.
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The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &amp;ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&amp;rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
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* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &amp;ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&amp;rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &amp;ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for their use or sale
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* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA
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* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third
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* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women
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* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now
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* In addition to the rights over forestland and community rights such as minor forest produce, grazing, fishing, the new rules spell out the procedure of claiming the right to manage, conserve and protect the community forest resources
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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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                <div style="text-align: justify">-Down to Earth</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Rejecting claims difficult under new rules</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &nbsp;within and outside forest area through &ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. 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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &amp;nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &amp;nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &amp;nbsp;within and outside forest area through &amp;ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.
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The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &amp;ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&amp;rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
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* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &amp;ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&amp;rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &amp;ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for their use or sale
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* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA
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* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third
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* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women
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* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now
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* In addition to the rights over forestland and community rights such as minor forest produce, grazing, fishing, the new rules spell out the procedure of claiming the right to manage, conserve and protect the community forest resources
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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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                <div style="text-align: justify">-Down to Earth</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Rejecting claims difficult under new rules</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &nbsp;within and outside forest area through &ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. 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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &amp;nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &amp;nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &amp;nbsp;within and outside forest area through &amp;ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.
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The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &amp;ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&amp;rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
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* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &amp;ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&amp;rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &amp;ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for their use or sale
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* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA
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* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third
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* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women
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* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now
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* In addition to the rights over forestland and community rights such as minor forest produce, grazing, fishing, the new rules spell out the procedure of claiming the right to manage, conserve and protect the community forest resources
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Tribal affairs ministry&#039;s draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
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In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &amp;ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&amp;rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
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* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &amp;ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&amp;rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &amp;ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&amp;rdquo; for their use or sale
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                <div style="text-align: justify">-Down to Earth</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Rejecting claims difficult under new rules</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &nbsp;within and outside forest area through &ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Old V New</em></div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for their use or sale</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">* In addition to the rights over forestland and community rights such as minor forest produce, grazing, fishing, the new rules spell out the procedure of claiming the right to manage, conserve and protect the community forest resources</div>               </font>
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The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
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<br />
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The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
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<div style="text-align: justify">
<em>
Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
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<br />
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The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &nbsp;within and outside forest area through &ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.
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<br />
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The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
</div>
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<br />
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They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
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<em>
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* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
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</div>
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<br />
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* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA
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<br />
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* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third
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<br />
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* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women
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<br />
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* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now
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<br />
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Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
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<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
&nbsp;
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<em>
Rejecting claims difficult under new rules
</em>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected &nbsp;without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes &nbsp;needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce &nbsp;within and outside forest area through &ldquo;locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for use or sale of such produce.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
&nbsp;
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<em>
Old V New
</em>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
&nbsp;
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of &ldquo;bonafide livelihood needs&rdquo; by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs &ldquo;in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts&rdquo;, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area &ldquo;through locally appropriate means of transport&rdquo; for their use or sale
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
* Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">
<br />
</div>
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New rules to make FRA effective-Kumar Sambhav S

-Down to Earth Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it. The draft rules, issued on July 20, aim at giving more authority to the community in the process of settling rights and ensuring that the communities can easily claim their rights over community forest resources, including minor forest produce (MFP) like bamboo and tendu leaves. The ministry has invited objections and suggestions on the draft rules from the affected people within 30 days before it finalises the new rules.   FRA recognises the rights of the forest dwellers over forestland and its resources which they have traditionally been using. The resources include MFPs and community forest resources like water bodies, sacred groves and pastures. The implementation of FRA started in January 2008. But even after four years, the Act has failed to benefit most of the forest dwellers. Its implementation has been obstructed by state forest departments that are unwilling to cede control over forest resources, a major source of revenue for the departments. Tribal rights activists blamed the ambiguities in the rules of the Act for its ineffective implementation. In January last year, a joint committee of the ministry of tribal affairs and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council had also recommended several changes in the Act as they were unhappy with its implementation. They had recommended that under the Act, gram sabhas (village councils), which are the basic units for the implementing FRA, should have been constituted in each and every hamlet. However, at many places the gram sabha meetings were called by the panchayats, which have jurisdiction over several hamlets. This resulted in these small villages being left out of the implementation of the Act. The new rules make it mandatory that the gram sabha should be constituted at the hamlet level. The draft rules also propose to increase the mandatory tribal membership of village forest rights committees that verify forest right claims from one-third to two-third. They reduce the present requirement of quorum of gram sabha meetings from two-third of its members to half. Rejecting claims difficult under new rules The ministry data shows that till May this year, more than 50 per cent of the forest rights claims have been rejected by the authorities. The draft rules mandate that no claim should be rejected  without giving opportunity to the claimant to present his case against the rejection. The rules also say that the sub-divisional and divisional level committee will have to give the reason in writing before rejecting any claim approved by the gram sabha or before modifying any resolution of gram sabha. At many places where communities have been granted rights over MFP, forest departments have refused to issue transit passes  needed under state laws to transport the produce outside the forest for trading. The new rules allow transportation of minor forest produce  within and outside forest area through “locally appropriate means of transport” for use or sale of such produce. The new draft rules also spell out the procedure for communities claiming rights of conserving, managing and protecting community forest resources, which was not part of the rules in force at present. This includes the rights of habitation for the particularity vulnerable tribal groups of the country and the grazing rights of the pastoralist communities. They also put greater responsibilities on the state-level monitoring committees for better implementation of the Act. The committees will have to meet every three months and furnish quarterly reports on the implementation to the ministry as against half-yearly report that they furnish now. They will also have to consider and address the field level problems in implementation.   Old V New   * The draft rules end the ambiguity over the meaning of “bonafide livelihood needs” by saying they include the sale of surplus forest produce * Existing rules restrict the transportation of MFPs “in forest area through head-loads, bicycle and handcarts”, the new rules give right to transport MFP within or outside the forest area “through locally appropriate means of transport” for their use or sale * Draft rules say that all unsurveyed/ unrecorded hamlets and settlements will be recognised as villages under FRA * They propose increase in the mandatory tribal membership of Forest Rights Committees from the present one-third to two-third * Reduce the present requirement of quorum of two-thirds in the gram sabha meetings to half. At least one-third of the members of the quorum will be women * Under the draft rules, the state level monitoring committees will have to meet every three months and furnish a quarterly report on the implementation of FRA to the Union environment ministry as against half-yearly report that they do now * In addition to the rights over forestland and community rights such as minor forest produce, grazing, fishing, the new rules spell out the procedure of claiming the right to manage, conserve and protect the community forest resources