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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rajasthan Tribal Communities Wait for Pattas Under FRA Indefinitely -Ritwika Mitra

Rajasthan Tribal Communities Wait for Pattas Under FRA Indefinitely -Ritwika Mitra

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published Published on Mar 19, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 21, 2022

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The Forest Rights Act aims to reverse the historical injustice meted out to tribals, ensure their land tenure and livelihood.

Jaipur: Vishram had applied twice for a patta under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, but without success. A member of the Bhil community in Rajasthan, Vishram, who belongs to Rajasthan’s Talwara village, is always apprehensive about the future.   

“We have been staying at the same place for three generations. Though we approached the administration for a patta, we never hear from them. The forest authorities have harassed us in the past and we might lose our houses at any moment,” says Vishram, who came to Jaipur to participate in Jawabdehi Yatra, an indefinite protest at Shaheed Smarak demanding the passage of the Rajasthan Transparency and Social Accountability Bill. The Bill aims to empower citizens by ensuring transparency of information and accountability of public functionaries, among others things.        

Under the FRA, titles can be granted to tribal communities or other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs) who had occupied the land before December 2005. But despite providing documentation, Vishram still has not heard back on his application. 

The FRA aims to reverse the historical injustice meted out to tribal communities and OTFDs, ensure their land tenure, livelihood and food security and strengthen the conservation regime of the forests. In 2019, the Supreme Court had directed state governments to review rejections of claims under the FRA.

According to the 2011 Census, Rajasthan has more than 13% tribal population. The FRA is an important legislation which ensures that the rights of tribal communities and OTFDs are protected when it comes to community rights and individual rights. As per the data of the Rajasthan government, it has received a total 99,506 claims out of which 43,326 have been rejected, 400,015 approved and 16,165 are pending.     
Tushar Dash, an independent researcher on forest rights, points out that if the public accountability law comes into force, it would catalyze the response of the authorities to forest rights claims. “A large number of claims are pending for years. While there are more than 10,000 FRA potential villages in the state, community forest rights have been recognised only in a few.”

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