Tribal Affairs Secretary says community rights have potential to ‘strengthen gram sabha-led forest governance’

Union Tribal Affairs Secretary Ranjana Chopra’s remarks came astatine a determination league successful Bengaluru implicit the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, days aft the Tribal Affairs Ministry’s ain bureau memorandum, claiming that the FRA has “no proviso for Gram Sabha consent” to divert wood land, led to terrible disapproval from Opposition leaders and Adivasi and wood dweller organisations alike