The National Advisory Council headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi is unhappy with the poor implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, which was once billed as a landmark initiative of the UPA I for economic empowerment of the tribal people.
The NAC now wants the government to change the law to make it more effective and has recomme
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/nac-more-powers-dwellers-under-forest-act
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
