Lok Sabha Question No. 4752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Forest Land Alloted to Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4752

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## FOREST LAND ALLOTED TO TRIBALS

## †4752. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether forest land has been alloted to tribals in tribal dominated areas to enable them to carry out cultivation and earn their livelihood;
- (b) if so, the number of tribals alloted forest land in tribal dominated areas especially in Maharashtra during the last three years till date;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared or proposes to prepare any programme to provide water to irrigate the said forest land alloted to the tribal farmers;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFIARS

(SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) &(b): The Scheduled Tribes and Other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights), Act, 2006 (FRA) is an Act to  recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. In terms of  the  Act  and  the  Rules  made  thereunder,  State  Governments  /  UTs  are  responsible  for implementation of the Act.   As per information received, details of claims received, titles distributed and  the  extent  of forest land  for which  titles distributed  (individual  and community),  as  on  30.11.2019  is  at Annexure-I. As  per  information  received  from  State Government, status of recognition of individual Forest Rights in Maharashtra during the last three years is as under:-
- (  c)  to  (e)    Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  provides  demand  driven  financial  support  for development projects under the Schemes  of Special Central Assistance and of Development  of  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  as  also  through  Grants  under Article 275(1). Such requirements, if any, are covered through these initiatives.

| As on 31.12.2017   | As on 30.11.2018   | As on 30.11.2019   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1,06,898           | 1,14,216           | 1,65,032           |

Annexure of reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4752 due for answer on 23.03.2020 regarding 'Forest land allotted to tribals' asked by Shri Ashok MahadeoraoNete.

State wise details of claims received, titles distributed and the extent of forest land for which titles distributed (individual and community), as on 30.11.2019, in major States, is indicated below:

| S. No.   | States           | No. of Claims received upto 30.11.2019   | No. of Claims received upto 30.11.2019   | No. of Claims received upto 30.11.2019   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.11.2019   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.11.2019   | No. of Titles Distributed upto 30.11.2019   | Extent of Forest land for which titles distributed (in acres)   | Extent of Forest land for which titles distributed (in acres)   | Extent of Forest land for which titles distributed (in acres)   |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States           | Individual                               | Community                                | Total                                    | Individual                                  | Community                                   | Total                                       | Individual                                                      | Community                                                       | Total                                                           |
|          |                  | 1                                        | 2                                        | 3                                        | 4                                           | 5                                           | 6                                           | 8                                                               | 9                                                               | 10                                                              |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 1,77,446                                 | 4,062                                    | 1,81,508                                 | 96,675                                      | 1,374                                       | 98,049                                      | 2,39,554                                                        | 4,53,384                                                        | 6,92,938.00                                                     |
| 2        | Assam            | 1,48,965                                 | 6,046                                    | 1,55,011                                 | 57,325                                      | 1,477                                       | 58,802                                      | NA/NR                                                           | NA/NR                                                           | NA/NR                                                           |
| 3        | Bihar            | 8,022                                    | NA/NR                                    | 8,022                                    | 121                                         | 0                                           | 121                                         | NA/NR                                                           | NA/NR                                                           | NA/NR                                                           |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 8,58,682                                 | 31,558                                   | 8,90,240                                 | 4,01,251                                    | 21,967                                      | 4,23,218                                    | 8,43,100.69                                                     | 20,38,146.15                                                    | 28,81,246.84                                                    |
| 5        | Goa              | 9,758                                    | 378                                      | 10,136                                   | 17                                          | 8                                           | 25                                          | 76.60                                                           | 10.25                                                           | 86.86                                                           |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 1,82,869                                 | 7,187                                    | 1,90,056                                 | 88,226                                      | 3,516                                       | 91,742                                      | 1,39,776.25                                                     | 11,61,351.00                                                    | 13,01,127.25                                                    |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh | 2,071                                    | 170                                      | 2,241                                    | 129                                         | 7                                           | 136                                         | 5.96                                                            | 4,670.56                                                        | 4,676.52                                                        |
| 8        | Jharkhand        | 1,07,032                                 | 3,724                                    | 1,10,756                                 | 59,866                                      | 2,104                                       | 61,970                                      | 1,53,395.86                                                     | 1,03,758.97                                                     | 2,57,154.83                                                     |
| 9        | Karnataka        | 2,75,446                                 | 5,903                                    | 2,81,349                                 | 14,667                                      | 1,406                                       | 16,073                                      | 20,813.51                                                       | 28,155.75                                                       | 48,969.26                                                       |
| 10       | Kerala           | 36,140                                   | 1,395                                    | 37,535                                   | 24,599                                      | NA                                          | 24,599                                      | 33,018.12                                                       | NA                                                              | 33,018.12                                                       |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   | 5,85,239                                 | 42,182                                   | 6,27,421                                 | 2,29,027                                    | 27,970                                      | 2,56,997                                    | 8,14,034.79                                                     | 14,65,058.49                                                    | 22,79,093.28                                                    |
| 12       | Maharashtra      | 3,62,679                                 | 12,037                                   | 3,74,716                                 | 1,65,032                                    | 7,084                                       | 1,72,116                                    | 3,92,928.73                                                     | 27,36,660.68                                                    | 31,29,589.41                                                    |
| 13       | Odisha           | 6,18,771                                 | 13,826                                   | 6,32,597                                 | 4,36,000                                    | 6,576                                       | 4,42,576                                    | 6,48,465.15                                                     | 2,35,400.58                                                     | 8,83,865.72                                                     |
| 14       | Rajasthan        | 74,414                                   | 1,441                                    | 75,855                                   | 38,007                                      | 103                                         | 38,110                                      | 57,730.26                                                       | 2,993.64                                                        | 60,723.90                                                       |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       | 32,983                                   | 1,005                                    | 33,988                                   | 6,111                                       | 276                                         | 6,387                                       | 8,607.26                                                        | NA/NR                                                           | 8,607.26                                                        |
| 16       | Telangana        | 1,83,252                                 | 3,427                                    | 1,86,679                                 | 93,639                                      | 721                                         | 94,360                                      | 3,00,284.00                                                     | 4,54,055.00                                                     | 7,54,339.00                                                     |
| 17       | Tripura          | 2,00,358                                 | 277                                      | 2,00,635                                 | 1,27,931                                    | 55                                          | 1,27,986                                    | 4,60,182.41                                                     | 91.16                                                           | 4,60,273.57                                                     |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh    | 92,520                                   | 1,124                                    | 93,644                                   | 17,712                                      | 843                                         | 18,555                                      | 18,854.00                                                       | 1,20,802.06                                                     | 1,39,656.06                                                     |
| 19       | Uttarakhand      | 3,574                                    | 3,091                                    | 6,665                                    | 144                                         | 1                                           | 145                                         | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 20       | West Bengal      | 1,31,962                                 | 10,119                                   | 1,42,081                                 | 44,444                                      | 686                                         | 45,130                                      | 21,014.27                                                       | 572.03                                                          | 21,586.29                                                       |
|          | TOTAL            | 40,92,183                                | 1,48,952                                 | 42,41,135                                | 19,00,923                                   | 76,174                                      | 19,77,097                                   | 41,51,842                                                       | 88,05,110                                                       | 1,29,56,952.17                                                  |