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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicScheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act

Topic: Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act

Eight states tell Supreme Court they wrongly rejected claims of tribals over forest land

Rajasthan, Tripura, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Bengal, Assam & Maharashtra have filed affidavits, admitting their fault in rejecting claims on forest land.

Supreme Court stays its order to evict 11.8 lakh illegal forest dwellers

The bench also directed state govts to file an affidavit giving details about the process.

Most of the 20 lakh forest dwellers facing eviction don’t know why they’re being ousted

The Supreme Court has ordered that the tribals and forest dwellers whose claims to forest land have been rejected should be evicted by July.

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Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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