Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed in Rajya Sabha today that As per the provisions of ‘The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006’ (in short, FRA) and Rules made thereunder, the State Governments are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the Act and are being implemented in 20 States (including Telangana) and 1 UT. State Government of Telangana has informed that the implementation of the Forest Rights Act has been assessed in Telangana.

State Government of Telangana has informed that the FRA is being implemented in 29 districts and a total of 2,31,456 titles have been granted comprising 2,30,735 individual and 721 community forest rights titles. Further, a total of 3,29,367 claims are pending for decision. The district wise details of the number of individual and community forest rights titles granted and pending are at Annexure.

State Government of Telangana has informed that Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated 28.2.2019 kept its order dated 13.02.2019 on hold so far as eviction is concerned. Therefore, no tribal communities are displaced who are cultivating the forest lands.

Further, the FRA provides provisions for safeguard against eviction through the provisions contained in Section 4(5) and also provision of petition by the aggrieved to SDLC and DLC (Section 6(2) and 6(4)). State Governments have been advised to ensure that the interests of the Scheduled Tribes are properly safeguarded in accordance with constitutional provisions and various laws designed to provide safeguards for the STs.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) being the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programs for development of Tribal Communities, is implementing various schemes for the welfare and development of STs which also ensures livelihood security of ST communities. In this direction, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has also taken various initiatives through multiple schemes like Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya MahaAbhiyaN (PM-JANMAN) and DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA).

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1423 to be answered on 11.02.2026 regarding “Implementation of the Forest Rights Act in Telangana”:

District wise details of claims filed, titles granted, rejected and settled, as per report received from Telangana State Government as on 31.12.2025:

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