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Efforts on to grant, safeguard rights of forest dwellers, communities as p
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and Rules in Jammu and Kashmir which hav
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Lemru Elephant Reserve will not infringe on rights of villages, forest dwe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Denying reports about the displacement of the villagers and reduction in their forest rights due to Lemru Elephant Reserve, Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar on Monday said the project will not infringe on the rights of villages and
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Chhattisgarh leads in recognising individual and community forest rights,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Chhattisgarh has emerged as a leading state in the country in recognising individual and community forest rights, said the state government on Tuesday.
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Maha Governor promulgates notification amending Forest Rights Act 2006
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbour
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MP CM distributes forest rights 'pattas' to beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 19 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday distributed forest rights 'pattas' (land title) to 23,000 beneficiaries in the state.
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Chhattisgarh leading state to recognise community and individual forest ri
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): After distributing over 4.8 lakh community forest rights certificate, Chhattisgarh became the leading state in the country in terms of community and individual forest rights papers distribution.
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Settle pending claims of forest rights within 3 months: Maha Guv
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Friday asked senior government officials to settle the pending claims of forest rights within three months and to conduct the GPS mapping of scheduled areas in the State.
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Forest rights certificates should be issued to those staying in state's fo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that tribals staying in the forests from before December 13, 2000 should get forest rights certificate.
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Tribal eviction case: Brinda Karat writes to Prakash Javadekar over absenc
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday wrote a letter to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar expressing disappointment over absence of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the hearing of an ongoing petition in the Supreme Court challen
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I requested PM Modi to increase PMKSNY from Rs 6000 to Rs 12000 per yr: Bh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 16 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Sunday that he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence and requested him to include Chhattisgarh Forest Rights Act, 2006 leaseholders in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM
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Chhattisgarh: CM requests PM Modi to include Forest Rights Act leaseholder
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India] June 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to include Chhattisgarh Forest Rights Act, 2006 leaseholders in the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.'
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Rahul asks Chhattisgarh CM to file review petition on SC’s order to evict
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to file a review petition on the Supreme Court's order directing state governments to evict tribals and other forest-dwellers whose claims under Forest
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