Lok Sabha Question No. 4452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Implementation of FRA in Odisha
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Purohit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 4452

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/03/2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF FRA IN ODISHA

## 4452. SHRI PRADEEP PUROHIT:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  current  status  of  implementation  of  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  Other  Traditional  Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 in Odisha;
- (b) the total number of applications received so far in Odisha under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 for Individual Forest Rights (IFR) and Community Forest Resource Rights (CFR);
- (c)  the  details  of  the  number  of  IFR  and  CFR  applications  approved/sanctioned,  pending  and rejected in Odisha, district and block-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps for the time-bound verification and disposal of pending IFR and CFR claims in various districts and blocks of Odisha; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the measures being taken to empower Gram Sabhas and Districtlevel Committees for effective implementation of the Act?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGA DAS UIKEY)

- (a)  to  (c): As  per  information  provided  by  Government  of  Odisha,  the  status  of  FRA implementation in Odisha as on 28.02.2026 is given below:

|   S. No. | Item                                                          |        |   IndividualCommunity |            Total |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Number of Claims received                                     | 733158 |                 36819 | 769977           |
|        2 | Number of Titles distributed/ approved                        | 464504 |                  9432 | 473936           |
|        3 | Extent of Forest land for which titles distributed (in Acres) | 676919 |                819321 |      1.49624e+06 |
|        4 | Number of Claims rejected                                     | 145762 |                   583 | 146345           |
|        5 | Number of Claims disposed off                                 | 610266 |                 10015 | 620281           |
|        6 | Number of Pending Claims                                      | 122892 |                 26804 | 149696           |

As per information provided by Government of Odisha in their Monthly Progress Report, FRA is being implemented in 30 districts. The district  wise  status  of  FRA  Implementation  in Odisha is at Annexure-1. Block wise data is not maintained by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA).

(d) & (e): State Governments/UT Administration are responsible for implementation of various provisions of Act. MoTA has asked all FRA implementing States/UT to consider the pending claims under FRA in a time bound manner and engage with districts to resolve bottlenecks, if any, in settling of claims. State Governments (including Odisha) have been encouraged to fast-track the processing  and  disposal  of  pending  claims  in  various  National  level  consultation/  meetings/ workshops with States/ UT, which are held from time to time.

Annexure-1

Annexure-1 referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4452 to be answered on 19.03.2026 regarding 'Implementation of FRA in Odisha'

District  wise  details  claims  received,  titles  distributed  and  claims  rejected,  as  per information  provided  by  State  Government  of  Odisha  till  28.02.2026  is  as  given below:

| S. No.   | District        | No. of Claims received upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Claims received upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Claims received upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Titles Distribute d upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Titles Distribute d upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Titles Distribute d upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Claims rejected upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Claims rejected upto 28.02.2026   | No. of Claims rejected upto 28.02.2026   |
|----------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | District        | Individ ual                              | Commu nity                               | Total                                    | Individ ual                                  | Commun ity                                   | Total                                        | Individ ual                              | Commu nity                               | Total                                    |
| 1        | Bargarh         | 3314                                     | 1422                                     | 4736                                     | 6158                                         | 270                                          | 6428                                         | 1632                                     | 0                                        | 1632                                     |
| 2        | Jharsugu da     | 12102                                    | 445                                      | 1254 7                                   | 12992                                        | 2                                            | 1299 4                                       | 6555                                     | 6                                        | 6561                                     |
| 3        | Sambalp ur      | 34970                                    | 1674                                     | 3664 4                                   | 38318                                        | 178                                          | 3849 6                                       | 14853                                    | 86                                       | 1493 9                                   |
| 4        | Debagar h       | 13981                                    | 708                                      | 1468 9                                   | 15397                                        | 44                                           | 1544 1                                       | 5148                                     | 0                                        | 5148                                     |
| 5        | Sundarg arh     | 42947                                    | 2654                                     | 4560 1                                   | 48255                                        | 0                                            | 4825 5                                       | 16320                                    | 0                                        | 1632 0                                   |
| 6        | Kendujh ar      | 78994                                    | 1748                                     | 8074 2                                   | 82490                                        | 511                                          | 8300 1                                       | 15270                                    | 39                                       | 1530 9                                   |
| 7        | Mayurb hanj     | 90435                                    | 3588                                     | 9402 3                                   | 97611                                        | 1086                                         | 9869 7                                       | 8729                                     | 0                                        | 8729                                     |
| 8        | Baleshw ar      | 5810                                     | 580                                      | 6390                                     | 6970                                         | 110                                          | 7080                                         | 1178                                     | 156                                      | 1334                                     |
| 9        | Bhadrak         | 1472                                     | 774                                      | 2246                                     | 3020                                         | 0                                            | 3020                                         | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 10       | Kendrap ara     | 4062                                     | 145                                      | 4207                                     | 4352                                         | 0                                            | 4352                                         | 2545                                     | 145                                      | 2690                                     |
| 11       | Jagatsin ghapur | 49                                       | 62                                       | 111                                      | 173                                          | 0                                            | 173                                          | 2                                        | 0                                        | 2                                        |
| 12       | Cuttack         | 6015                                     | 46                                       | 6061                                     | 6107                                         | 2                                            | 6109                                         | 3583                                     | 2                                        | 3585                                     |
| 13       | Jajapur         | 13599                                    | 174                                      | 1377 3                                   | 13947                                        | 4                                            | 1395 1                                       | 2787                                     | 0                                        | 2787                                     |
| 14       | Dhenka nal      | 12634                                    | 1290                                     | 1392 4                                   | 15214                                        | 293                                          | 1550 7                                       | 839                                      | 0                                        | 839                                      |
| 15       | Anugul          | 8360                                     | 1544                                     | 9904                                     | 11448                                        | 116                                          | 1156 4                                       | 5565                                     | 0                                        | 5565                                     |

| 16    | Nayagar h     |   4302 |   425 | 4727    |   5152 |   290 | 5442    |    106 |   0 | 106     |
|-------|---------------|--------|-------|---------|--------|-------|---------|--------|-----|---------|
| 17    | Khordha       |   3629 |    50 | 3679    |   3729 |     0 | 3729    |   1242 |   0 | 1242    |
| 18    | Puri          |   1169 |     2 | 1171    |   1173 |     0 | 1173    |   1169 |   0 | 1169    |
| 19    | Ganjam        |  13077 |   200 | 1327 7  |  13477 |    24 | 1350 1  |   6313 |  10 | 6323    |
| 20    | Gajapati      |  52835 |  1816 | 5465 1  |  56467 |   112 | 5657 9  |  16585 |   0 | 1658 5  |
| 21    | Kandha mal    |  90323 |  5584 | 9590 7  | 101491 |  4442 | 1059 33 |   2415 |   0 | 2415    |
| 22    | Baudh         |   4340 |  1242 | 5582    |   6824 |   173 | 6997    |   1585 |   0 | 1585    |
| 23    | Subarna pur   |   2194 |   528 | 2722    |   3250 |     6 | 3256    |   1056 |   0 | 1056    |
| 24    | Balangir      |   9037 |  1698 | 1073 5  |  12433 |    12 | 1244 5  |   4301 |  82 | 4383    |
| 25    | Nuapada       |  45910 |   842 | 4675 2  |  47594 |    94 | 4768 8  |  17954 |  51 | 1800 5  |
| 26    | Kalahan di    |  17197 |  2311 | 1950 8  |  21819 |   483 | 2230 2  |    658 |   0 | 658     |
| 27    | Rayagad a     |  29367 |  2353 | 3172 0  |  34073 |   365 | 3443 8  |     41 |   0 | 41      |
| 28    | Nabaran gapur |  53899 |  1058 | 5495 7  |  56015 |    82 | 5609 7  |      0 |   0 | 0       |
| 29    | Koraput       |  35652 |   937 | 3658 9  |  37526 |   255 | 3778 1  |   4355 |   6 | 4361    |
| 30    | Malkang iri   |  41483 |   919 | 4240 2  |  43321 |   478 | 4379 9  |   2976 |   0 | 2976    |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 733158 | 36819 | 7699 77 | 806796 |  9432 | 8162 28 | 145762 | 583 | 1463 45 |

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