UPSC Prelims 2021 Question:

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?

Explanation:

• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, also referred to as the Forest Rights Act, recognizes the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources. The provisions of this Act are implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
  
  
• The Act encompasses Individual Rights such as Rights of Self-cultivation and Habitation and Community Rights such as Grazing, Fishing and access to Water bodies in forests, Habitat Rights for PVTGs, Traditional Seasonal Resource access of Nomadic and Pastoral communities, access to biodiversity, etc.
  
  
• It also provides rights to allocation of forest land for developmental purposes to fulfil basic infrastructural needs of the community. 
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | Government Acts & Policies