Forest rights Act 1 Provides ownership of land to forest dwellers subject to a maximum of 4 ha...........

Indian Polity Fundamental Rights

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Forest rights Act

1. Provides ownership of land to forest dwellers subject to a maximum of 4 ha.

2. It provides right to use minor forest produce

3. It provides for revocation of either commonly or individually held land rights once granted under the law.

4. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal agency for implementing FRA,2006

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1 and 2 only

1 , 2 and 3

1 , 3 and 4

1 and 4 only

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Explanation:

Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
3rd statement is incorrect as the Forest Rights Act, 2006 gave forest dwelling tribes, “the right to hold and live in the forest land under their individual or common occupation for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood,” helping tribals get their ancestral forest land back.
4th statement is incorrect: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal agency for implementing the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006