Context:

• The Odisha government has announced the launch of the “Mo Jungle Jami Yojana” (MJJY) scheme, aimed at effectively implementing the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006.

=> If successfully implemented, Odisha will become the first state to be fully compliant with the Forest Rights Act, covering

• individual forest rights
• community forest rights
• habitat rights for particularly vulnerable tribal groups
• conversion of forest and unsurveyed villages

=> The scheme will provide land ownership and access to forest resources, improving livelihoods and food security for the Scheduled Tribe and forest-dwelling population.

=> It includes the digitization of records, conversion of unsurveyed and zero area villages into revenue villages, and the establishment of Forest Rights Cells for monitoring and review.