For the purposes of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest...........

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For the purposes of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, which of the following rights are available to the forest- dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers?

Community rights such as nistar including those used in the erstwhile Princely States.

Rights for the conversion of Pattas or leases issued by any State Government on forest lands to titles.

Rights of settlement and conversion of all forest villages, old habitation and other villages in forests into revenue villages.

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Explanation:

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The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 recognizes the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources, on which these communities were dependent for a variety of needs, including livelihood, habitation and other socio-cultural needs.
The forest management policies, including the Acts, Rules and Forest Policies of Participatory Forest Management policies in both colonial and post-colonial India, did not, till the enactment of this Act, recognize the symbiotic relationship of the STs with the forests, reflected in their dependence on the forest as well as in their traditional wisdom regarding conservation of the forests.