Lok Sabha Question No. 2510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Issue of Pattas to Non-Tribals under FRA
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2510 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2017

## ISSUE OF PATTAS TO NON-TRIBALS UNDER FRA 2510. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the total number of Pattas which have been issued to non-tribals under FRA, State/UTwise; and (b) the details and reasons for issuing less number of Pattas for non-tribals?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) &  (b) As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in short FRA) and rules thereunder, responsibility for implementation of the Act lies with the States/UTs. As per the information received from State Governments, a statement showing claims filed and titles distributed State-wise as on 30.4.2017 under FRA is at Annexure. No segregated data for other traditional forest dwellers (OTFD) is maintained by this Ministry.

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Annexure Statement    in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2510  for 31.07.2017 State-wise details of claims received and titles distributed as on 30.04.2017 under FRA

| S. No.   | States           | No. of Claims received upto 30.04.2017   | No. of Claims received upto 30.04.2017   | No. of Claims received upto 30.04.2017   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.04.2017   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.04.2017   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.04.2017   |
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| S. No.   | States           | Individual                               | Community                                | Total                                    | Individual                                  | Community                                   | Total                                       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 1,69,088                                 | 4,711                                    | 1,73,799                                 | 85,678                                      | 1,415                                       | 87,093                                      |
| 2        | Assam            | 1,48,965                                 | 6,046                                    | 1,55,011                                 | 57,325                                      | 1,477                                       | 58,802                                      |
| 3        | Bihar            | 8,022                                    | 0                                        | 8,022                                    | 121                                         | 0                                           | 121                                         |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 8,43,539                                 | 25,977                                   | 8,69,516                                 | 3,73,718                                    | 12,714                                      | 3,86,432                                    |
| 5        | Goa              | 9,372                                    | 361                                      | 9,733                                    | 0                                           | 3                                           | 3                                           |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 1,82,869                                 | 7,187                                    | 1,90,056                                 | 80,535                                      | 3,488                                       | 84,023                                      |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh | 591                                      | 68                                       | 659                                      | 0                                           | 7                                           | 7                                           |
| 8        | Jharkhand        | 99,224                                   | 3,286                                    | 1,02,510                                 | 54,458                                      | 1,723                                       | 56,181                                      |
| 9        | Karnataka        | 2,98,795                                 | 5,741                                    | 3,04,536                                 | 12,421                                      | 628                                         | 13,049                                      |
| 10       | Kerala           | 36,140                                   | 1,395                                    | 37,535                                   | 24,599                                      | NA                                          | 24,599                                      |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   | 5,74,902                                 | 39,816                                   | 6,14,718                                 | 2,11,420                                    | 27,422                                      | 2,38,842                                    |
| 12       | Maharashtra      | 3,52,950                                 | 11,408                                   | 3,64,358                                 | 1,06,898                                    | 5,748                                       | 1,12,646                                    |
| 13       | Odisha           | 6,12,365                                 | 13,433                                   | 6,25,798                                 | 4,05,897                                    | 5,891                                       | 4,11,788                                    |
| 14       | Rajasthan        | 70,515                                   | 688                                      | 71,203                                   | 36,183                                      | 72                                          | 36,255                                      |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       | 18,420                                   | 3,361                                    | 21,781                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 16       | Telangana        | 1,83,107                                 | 3,427                                    | 1,86,534                                 | 93,494                                      | 721                                         | 94,215                                      |
| 17       | Tripura          | 1,98,238                                 | 277                                      | 1,98,515                                 | 1,25,020                                    | 55                                          | 1,25,075                                    |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh    | 92,520                                   | 1,124                                    | 93,644                                   | 17,712                                      | 843                                         | 18,555                                      |
| 19       | Uttarakhand      | 182                                      | 0                                        | 182                                      | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 20       | West Bengal      | 1,31,962                                 | 10,119                                   | 1,42,081                                 | 44,444                                      | 686                                         | 45,130                                      |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL            | 40,31,766                                | 1,38,425                                 | 41,70,191                                | 17,29,923                                   | 62,893                                      | 17,92,816                                   |

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