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    Forest Rights Act News

    Jammu demolitions happened as bureaucracy not under elected govt: J&K dy CM

    Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary. (File)
    Cities
    Published 95 days ago

    Outrage in Kashmir against Jammu demolitions, inquiry panel formed

    As many as 32 illegal structures of Gujjar community were demolished in a joint action by the forest department, the revenue department and police. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 96 days ago

    Digitally map forest limits: Govt to states

    Since 2011, only Odisha has completed more than 90% of the settlement and digitisation process. (File picture)
    India News
    Published 132 days ago

    Forests, rights & resilience: 20 years of the FRA

    Law (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Ht Insight
    Published 141 days ago

    The private forestry plan must square with Forest Rights Act

    Bypassing gram sabhas excludes the well-established benefits of community-based forest management. Those who live in and depend on forests are more likely to make sustainable decisions. (HT Archive)
    Opinion
    Published 180 days ago

    Decades of denial: ‘Our rice fields flattened, given away for a golf course’

    Mumbai, India - Feb. 24, 2026: Adivasis from Konkan shared their experiences of claims with the Forest Rights Act, 2006, at a public hearing organised by the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) at the YB Chavan Centre on Tuesday. A panel including retired justice Abhay Thipsay, ex-bureaucrat Lakshmikant Deshmukh, ex-minister Vasant Purke will compile an audit report on two decades of implementation of the FRA to be submitted to the state government in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 181 days ago

    SGNP survey finds 16,478 families for rehabilitation, adivasis claim harassment

    Mumbai, India - January 27, 2026: Hundreds of adivasis and their supporters during a protest against an anti-encroachment drive by the forest department inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, January 27, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 190 days ago

    Odisha told to not relocate anyone from around tiger reserve till violations probed

    (Above) A tiger from Odisha in Gujarat. Satkosia Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve located in the Angul and Nayagarh district of Odisha, India covering an area of 963.87 km2. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1976 and a tiger reserve in 2007. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 195 days ago

    Foot march ends as state govt assures implementation of demands

    An All India Kisan Sabha delegation and senior ministers, along with officials from revenue, tribal development, water resources, forest and school education, held a three-hour meeting on Tuesday, followed by discussions with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 206 days ago

    Fadnavis may meet representatives before Nashik ‘long march’ reaches Mumbai

    Nashik: Farmers and labourers participate in a ‘long march’ to Mumbai to press for their various demands, including land rights, irrigation facilities and uninterrupted power supply, (PTI)
    Cities
    Updated 210 days ago

    Massive farmers’ march begins from Nashik, to reach Mumbai by Feb 2

    The march took its first halt on the acres of baron land at Rahul Bahula in Nashik and will resume on Monday towards Shahapur. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 211 days ago

    Long march led by CPI (M) to continue at the state level

    The protest was called off on Thursday after the district administration accepted several local-level demands. (X/CPI(M))
    Cities
    Published 214 days ago

    National Park tribals protest state’s attempt to evict them from ancestral abode

    National Park tribals protest state’s attempt to evict them from ancestral abode
    Cities
    Published 215 days ago

    10,000 farmers, fishermen, tribals in CPI(M) long march reach Palghar

    10,000 farmers, fishermen, tribals in CPI(M) long march reach Palghar
    Cities
    Published 216 days ago

    Bijli Mahadev ropeway: NGT asks Himachal govt to file reply in three weeks

    The advocate general for Himachal Pradesh assured the Tribunal that all issues will be examined and responded to within three weeks. (File)
    Cities
    Published 256 days ago

    Tribals in SGNP left in limbo over English-only master plan

    Adivasi Village - Rural Village - Tribals in Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Chunibai (81) she has been staying in the hamlet for all her life. She is also suffering from Scabies and earns her living by selling logs of wood - HT Photo by Prasad Gori 18.02.2009 - FEB09 2K9 (Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 320 days ago

    MoEF flags forest right violations in Similipal Tiger Reserve village relocation

    Spread over an area of 2750 sq km in Myurbhanj district, the core area of Similipal had six villages. (Representational image)
    Cities
    Published 343 days ago

    Congress MP Jairam Ramesh calls Great Nicobar project a maha ecological disaster

    He referenced fresh evidence that the local administration had misrepresented its compliance with the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
    India News
    Published 366 days ago

    Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act

    Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act
    India News
    Published 371 days ago

    ‘About half of forest rights claims distributed’: MoEFCC in Lok Sabha

    The Aarey forest is one of the few remaining green spaces in Mumbai. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
    India News
    Published 371 days ago

    Increase in forest cover shows active involvement of communities: MoEFCC

    Minister of state for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the National Forest Policy, 1988, emphasises the importance of closely associating tribal communities in the protection, regeneration, and development of forests. (Representative photo)
    India News
    Published 389 days ago

    Ministry vs ministry on forest tribes claim

    The intervention comes amid mounting criticism from forest rights activists who accuse the environment ministry of systematically undermining the 2006 law designed to recognise the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 415 days ago

    Chhattisgarh forest dept withdraws community forest rights order after backlash

    According to the May 15 order, the forest department would oversee the land granted to forest dwellers under FRA provisions, until the central government provided model management plans (Representative photo)
    India News
    Published 417 days ago

    Forest officials raze ‘illegal’ sheds of tribals in Nagarahole wildlife range

    While six new structures were demolished, six sheds built in May were left untouched (HT photo)
    India News
    Published 432 days ago

    Over 745,000 forest rights claims pending across states: Minister tells RS

    According to data provided by the minister, the total number of claims settled across all states and union territories stands at 2,503,453 (FILE PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 523 days ago

    Put communities in charge of conserving sacred groves

    Motorists ride through the Shola-grassland forests or cloud forests in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) (AP)
    Opinion
    Published 595 days ago

    Chhattisgarh civil groups question ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch

    The Chhattisgarh government claimed that the Moolvasi Bachao Manch had been continuously opposing the development activities in Maoist-affected areas and the camps established for the operation of security forces. (Representational image)
    Cities
    Published 642 days ago

    Empower communities to fix forest governance

    Apart from having wider environmental implications, forest degradation also poses a real challenge to forest-based livelihoods (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times
    Opinion
    Published 718 days ago

    Forest Rights recognition major issue in 153 LS constituencies, says analysis

    There are 47 ST reserved seats in India out of which 42 are core FRA constituencies, as per the analysis. (Representative Image)
    India News
    Published 863 days ago

    Chhattisgarh: 17 villages of Hasdeo Aranya get Community Forest Management rights

    In 2021, the residents of these villages participated in the 300-km padyatra to Raipur to meet the governor and the chief minister with a demand to protect the forests. (Representative Image)
    Cities
    Updated 889 days ago
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