2013
Q. 26
Set A
Polity
Rights and Laws
Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?
Smart Elimination
Decentralization Logic: The Forest Rights Act is about empowering locals. The ""Gram Sabha"" (Village Assembly) is the most local body. Bureaucrats (Forest Dept) usually block rights, not initiate them.
Potential Trap
Assuming bureaucracy (Forest Dept or District Collector) has the power. The Act empowers the people.
Answer Key & Explanation
Answer: DThe correct answer is Option D.
Explanation:
- Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006:
- The Gram Sabha shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights.
- The resolution is then forwarded to the Sub-Divisional Level Committee and then the District Level Committee.
Value Addition
- Nodal Agency: Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA).
- Rights: Includes Individual Forest Rights (IFR) and Community Forest Rights (CFR).
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