ISSUANCE OF LEASE UNDER FRA CLAIMS IN RAJASTHAN

Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey today informed Lok Sabha thatgovernment of Rajasthan has informed that under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in short, FRA), cumulatively till February, 2026, a total of 1,18,675 applications have been received, out of which a total of 51,775 applications have been approved and titles have been issued and 66213 applications have been rejected. A statement showing district wise details of number of claims received, number of titles issued and number of claims rejected is at Annexure . State/UT Governments are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the FRA and Rules made thereunder. State Government of Rajasthan has informed that in compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s Order dated 13.02.2019 and 28.02.2019, a review of the rejected claims till the orders’ date was undertaken wherein 4740 individual and 34 community forest rights titles were issued. They have further informed that at present, the matter of review of rejected applications is not under consideration. Annexure District wise details of number of claims received, number of claims approved and titles distributed and number of claims rejected: S. No. District Number of claims received Number of claims approved and titles issued Claims Rejected 1 Banswara 28435 15551 12650 2 Pratapgarh 33244 10223 22568 3 Dungarpur 13063 6599 6464 4 Udaipur 22533 12758 9775 5 Sirohi 5768 3422 2346 6 Rajsamand 1083 260 823 7 Baran 8925 1581 7344 8 Pali 1546 614 932 9 Bhilwara 534 122 412 10 Savai Madhopur 121 0 121 11 Kota 433 86 347 12 Jhalawar 302 88 214 13 Bundi 567 14 553 14 Jaipur 98 0 98 15 Chittorgarh 1156 457 699 16 Tonk 245 0 245 17 Dhoulpur 94 0 94 18 Alwar 528 0 528 Total 118675 51775 66213 ***** RN/