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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Uttarakhand sits on forest right claims settlement for two years in a row -Anupam Chakravartty

Uttarakhand sits on forest right claims settlement for two years in a row -Anupam Chakravartty

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published Published on Jan 9, 2017   modified Modified on Jan 9, 2017
-Down to Earth

With the state assembly election around the corner, the model code of conduct is the favourite excuse for non implementation of FRA

In Uttarakhand—a land mired with reports of forest fires and rampant deforestation despite having 64 per cent forest area—the government is yet to start the implementation of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. According to the latest status report released in December 2016, not a single claim has been processed or any land was distributed under the Act till October 31, 2016, “due to coming into force of model code of conduct for election.” With the state going to polls on February 17, it is highly unlikely that any claims will be processed.

A review of the status reports submitted to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs—the nodal ministry which oversees the implementation of these rights—shows that since January 2015 the state government has been making the same excuse which has adversely affected the pace of the implementation of the Act in the Himalayan state. As on October 31, 2016, 182 claims over Forests have been filed of which one claim was rejected while rest continues to be under process. These 182 claims were filed in the year 2008 when the Uttarakhand state assembly adopted the Act with the projected date for the title distribution deeds fixed on December 31, 2009, when the model code of conduct was in force for the general elections.

Across all the status reports filed between 2015 and 2016, the state government did not revise the deadline but continued stating the same excuse of the model code of conduct of elections being in force.

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Down to Earth, 9 January, 2017, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/uttarakhand-sits-on-forest-right-claims-settlement-for-two-years-in-a-row-56755


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