Click to play videoNew Delhi: Millions of people living in forests got a New Year’s gift on January 1 when the government notified the Tribal Tights Bill, a legislation which gives tribals land and livelihood rights.
The legislation, officially called the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, will give temporary land rights to people who have lived in national parks and sanctuaries for at least three generations or 75 years.
The Government was under pressure from its Left parties to notify the Bill, which the Parliament passed in December 2006.
The cut-off date for land entitlement is December 13, 2005: the day the Bill was introduced in Parliament.
The Government on Monday announced that 11 states have notified core tiger habitats. The notification means tigers will get better protection and their conservation efforts will get a boost.
The notification of tiger habitats may placate wildlife activists who oppose the Tribal Rights Bill on the ground that it endangers efforts to protect the animal.
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