💨 Abstract

The Jammu and Kashmir government has distributed over 65,000 kanals of forest land to over 6,020 scheduled tribe families under the Forest Rights Act. However, over 39,000 claims have been rejected due to lack of evidence and documents. The majority of rejections occurred at the gram sabha level. The Forest Rights Act, implemented in 2019, mandates a structured process for claim recognition.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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