Review of Various Initiatives for Tribal Development in Tripura within the purview of Forest Rights Act, 2006 Khosla Ayesha1,*, Bhattacharya Prodyut2 1DST-Inspire Research Fellow, University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi 2Professor, University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi *Author correspondence: Ayesha Khosla, DST-Inspire Research Fellow, University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Email: ayeshakhosla@gmail.com
Online published on 10 December, 2021. Abstract The Schedule Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA) was implemented in India in 2008, to undo the “historical injustice” meted out to the tribals of the country. The Act ensures Tenurial and livelihood security by recognising Individual forest Rights and Community Forest Rights. The Act was implemented in Tripura with the focus on Individual Forest Rights for habitation and self-cultivation, to achieve sustainable socio-economic development of the tribals. The state government converged many development schemes and two bi-lateral projects with FRA implementation to achieve its goals. This study objectively looks into the various schemes of the State departments and the two bilateral project aided by Japanese international co-operation Agency and the Indo-German Development Cooperation. The study highlights the various benefit schemes that include assistance for rubber plantation, tea plantation, horticulture plantation, housing, etc and how they have aided in land development of the Individual Forest Rights. Apart from providing assistance for land development schemes for Agroforestry, value addition centres and enterprise development for NTFP, assistance for formation of Self Help groups, development of nurseries and plantations, capacity building programmes run for the IFR holders are also discussed. All these initiatives in convergence with FRA have set up the foundation for future development of the tribals who have been long excluded from the socio-economic processed of the country. Top Keywords Tribal Livelihood, FRA, 2006, Forest Rights, Socio-economic Development, India. Top |