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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs held the first Regional Review Conference on the Forest Rights Act, 2006 at Bengaluru on 10 September 2026, covering Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Nationally, as on 30 June 2026, over 54 lakh Individual Forest Rights claims had been received, about 25.42 lakh titles distributed over nearly 238 lakh acres, over 10 lakh claims were pending and 19,845 Community Forest Rights stood recognised.
States were asked for time-bound disposal of pending and rejected claims, faster recognition of Community Forest Resource rights and PVTG habitat rights, and entry of recognised rights into land records.
The Ministry is building a National-level FRA Portal and asked States to connect their existing FRA records to it through APIs.
A recent MoTA–MoEFCC joint advisory lets Community Forest Resource Management Plans be integrated with Forest Department working plans.
| State | Claims / titles reported | Notable feature |
|---|---|---|
| Telangana | 6,55,249 claims; 2,30,735 individual + 102 community titles | Online RoFR Title Granting System linked to BhuBharathi; SKOCH Award of Excellence (Gold, 2024) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,90,874 claims; 2,27,300 individual + 1,225 community titles (as on 31 Aug 2026) | Giribhumi FRA portal linked to revenue and banking systems |
| Karnataka | 2,95,176 applications; 16,700 titles; 15,553 under verification | Rejected claims re-verified by 'Mahajaru' committees; data linked to FRUITS and Bhoomi |
| Tamil Nadu | 15,838 Phase-I titles digitised; 41,692 Phase-II claims under verification | State-wide FRA Atlas; District FRA Cells |
| Kerala | 29,545 individual + 286 community titles; 1,616 individual and 108 community claims pending | Six Forest Villages converted into Revenue Villages |
Right to protect, regenerate, conserve or manage a community forest resource the community has traditionally protected; lets the community frame rules for forest use.
Customary common forest land within the village's traditional boundaries (or seasonal landscape for pastoralists), including reserved and protected forests and protected areas such as sanctuaries and national parks.
Community tenure of habitat and habitation for primitive tribal groups and pre-agricultural communities, i.e. PVTGs; 'habitat' is defined in Section 2(h).
Settlement and conversion of forest villages, old habitations and unsurveyed villages into revenue villages — the right behind Kerala's six conversions.
Rights holders and the Gram Sabha are empowered to protect wildlife, forest, biodiversity and water sources, and to stop activities harming them.
Forest land under 1 hectare may be diverted for listed government facilities, felling at most 75 trees per hectare, on Gram Sabha recommendation.
Gram Sabha quorum cut from two-thirds to 50% of members; at least one-third of those present must be women.
IFR gives a household land it cultivates (≤4 ha). Community Forest Rights cover uses such as grazing, fishing and minor forest produce. CFR Resource rights give the Gram Sabha management authority over the whole customary forest. Habitat rights protect a PVTG's entire living landscape.
Saturation of basic facilities for the 75 PVTGs in 18 States/UTs.
Key: Launched 15 November 2023 (Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas) from Khunti, Jharkhand; ₹24,104 crore for 2023-24 to 2025-26; 11 interventions across 9 ministries.
Close infrastructure and livelihood gaps in tribal-majority villages.
Key: Cabinet approval 18 September 2024, launched 2 October 2024 from Hazaribagh; ₹79,156 crore; ~63,843 villages, 25 interventions by 17 ministries; funds district FRA cells — 324 sanctioned across 18 States/UTs.
Bring Gram Sabha-led CFR management into formal forest planning.
Key: Advisory of 14 March 2024 on CFR management; 2026 advisory lets Community Forest Resource Management Plans be integrated with Forest Department working plans.
Sub-category of STs at the lowest level of development. The Dhebar Commission (1960-61) flagged unequal development among STs; the category (then 'Primitive Tribal Groups') was created in 1975 with 52 groups, 23 added in 1993 (total 75), renamed PVTGs in 2006.
First habitat rights certificate: Baigachak area of Dindori district, Madhya Pradesh (Baiga PVTG), 9 December 2015.
GS Paper 2 > Welfare of Vulnerable Sections > Scheduled Tribes; GS Paper 3 > Environment > Forest Conservation
General Awareness > Indian Polity > Important Acts
General Awareness > Polity and Governance
At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?
Answer: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Consider the following statements: 1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas. 2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 2 and 3 only
Customary common forest land within a village's traditional boundaries, including protected areas, over which the Gram Sabha gets management rights under Section 3(1)(i).
Community tenure over the habitat and habitation of PVTGs and pre-agricultural communities under Section 3(1)(e).
Non-ST forest dwellers who must show three generations (75 years) of residence and dependence before 13 December 2005.
Entry of a recognised forest right into revenue and forest land records, which gives the title legal tenure security.