Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources.
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope.
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