The Conference follows the First Regional Review Conference held in Bengaluru on 10 September 2026 for the Southern States.
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Second Regional Review Conference on Implementation of the Forest Rights Act Held in Kolkata
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India, convened the Second Regional Review Conference on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA) at Kolkata, West Bengal on 9th October 2026.
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In his Keynote Address, the Joint Secretary said that as on 31st August 2026, over 54 lakh claims had been received nationally, and about 25 lakh titles had been distributed.
About 11 lakh claims still remain pending at different stages, while over 18 lakh claims have been rejected.
Her presentation also covered the importance of incorporating the Record of Forest Rights into revenue and forest records in line with the Ministry’s advisory of 24 June 2026 and Habitat Rights under the Ministry’s guidelines of 5 January 2026.
The Deputy Secretary, TRI & IT, MoTA, spoke on digitisation of FRA records and demonstrated the National-level FRA Portal and the FRA mobile app which can be useful to advance digitization, geospatial integration and decision-support systems for FRA governance.
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