As per information received from the State Governments/Union Territory Administration, till 31st January, 2013, 32,45,191 claims have been filed under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and 12,80,100 titles have been distributed under the Act. Further, 16,226 titles were ready for distribution.
As per the information received from State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations, the forest rights under the Act have been vested over a total area of 46,47,212.42 acres of forest land till 31st January, 2013.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Ranee Narah in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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