Drafts by Manohar Chauhan
Field visit Report, 2012
The report is based on the joint field visit of CSD, Odisha, and Odisha
Jungle Manch on dated 26... more The report is based on the joint field visit of CSD, Odisha, and Odisha
Jungle Manch on dated 26th August 2012 to the forest village/unsurveyed
village Dutelguda. Much updated information has also been collected from the villagers over the phone. This village represents the thousands of displaced villages over the periods by the Govt. of Odisha due to developmental projects and where community people were settled by themselves mostly in different reserved forest areas. This village also represents the thousands of forest villages/unsurveyed human habitations of which the Govt. of Odisha does not have clear information. This village also represents the thousands of recorded and unrecorded hamlets in the scheduled 5th areas, which were regarded as
independent village under the Central PESA Act 3 1996 and again by the
historic forest rights act, 2006 which not only revived the provisions of the
Central PESA Act but also extended the provisions of the PESA Act even to the non-scheduled areas of the State recognizing them as separate villages. Both these two pro-community legislations strongly advocate for the “Authority” of the Gram Sabha toward the realization of a true Democracy. These acts not only emphasized Gram Sabha's ownership rights over its resources but also had enough faith in its competency to use these resources sustainably for the next generations and to make independent decisions for their life and livelihoods.
Online , 2013
The very enactment of the historic Forest Rights Act, 2006 by the Indian Parliament in the countr... more The very enactment of the historic Forest Rights Act, 2006 by the Indian Parliament in the country after the 60 years of India's independence is a landmark constitutional reform. Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) played a vital role in mobilizing the tribals, forest dwellers and people's representatives at different levels in whole country and successfully got this Act passed by the Indian Parliament which admitted for the first time in the history of India to have done historical injustice to the tribals and forest dwellers before and after India's independence. We believe that FRA aims at reddressal of a numbers of problems arose due to the draconian Acts like Indian Forest Act, 1927 and Land Acquisition Land, 1894 which were used to evict the tribals and the forest dwellers from their homes and shelters like goats and cattle. The Forest Rights Act, 2006 not only revived the tribal self governance regime in scheduled 5 th area enforced by the Central PESA Act, 1996 but also it extended the provisions of the PESA even to the non scheduled area(whole State) empowering the Village Council, the Gram Sabha to decide over their fate and fate of their resources which has been upheld by the Supreme Court, the highest Court of the nation in the Niyamgiri case on 18 th April 2013. All the State's Apparatus has now to accept that "Gram Sabha" is the lowest unit or form of "Government" having its own exclusive legislative, executive and judicial power and authority over its stipulated areas like any other forms of Government at Block, District, State and Central level. The FRA has also raised fundamental questions over the ongoing Panchyatitaj systems; representative system runs in different State and aims at implementation of direct democracy sidelining the over empowered bureaucracy. Forest Rights Act, 2006 has also challenged the age-old State hegemony over forest protection and conservation in the name of "scientific forest management" and has strengthen the conservation regime handing it to the community people who live and die in the forest.
Papers by Manohar Chauhan
This document is a compilation of different documents issued by the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, ... more This document is a compilation of different documents issued by the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, in Sept-Oct, 2024 on the
PM-JUGA. The Mission is launched under the “Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) by the Prime Minister on 2nd October 2024”. Under the PM-JUGA Mission Financial support will be provided to the States/Union Territories for the development of the State FRA Portal, for digitization of records, IFR and CFR data including legacy data and
claim process, for Mapping Potential Forest Rights, Setting up FRA Cells at the District and Sub-Divisional levels.Financial support will also be provided to the Gram Sabhas for the preparation and execution of the CFR Management Plan (CFRMP.
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Jungle Manch on dated 26th August 2012 to the forest village/unsurveyed
village Dutelguda. Much updated information has also been collected from the villagers over the phone. This village represents the thousands of displaced villages over the periods by the Govt. of Odisha due to developmental projects and where community people were settled by themselves mostly in different reserved forest areas. This village also represents the thousands of forest villages/unsurveyed human habitations of which the Govt. of Odisha does not have clear information. This village also represents the thousands of recorded and unrecorded hamlets in the scheduled 5th areas, which were regarded as
independent village under the Central PESA Act 3 1996 and again by the
historic forest rights act, 2006 which not only revived the provisions of the
Central PESA Act but also extended the provisions of the PESA Act even to the non-scheduled areas of the State recognizing them as separate villages. Both these two pro-community legislations strongly advocate for the “Authority” of the Gram Sabha toward the realization of a true Democracy. These acts not only emphasized Gram Sabha's ownership rights over its resources but also had enough faith in its competency to use these resources sustainably for the next generations and to make independent decisions for their life and livelihoods.
Papers by Manohar Chauhan
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, in Sept-Oct, 2024 on the
PM-JUGA. The Mission is launched under the “Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) by the Prime Minister on 2nd October 2024”. Under the PM-JUGA Mission Financial support will be provided to the States/Union Territories for the development of the State FRA Portal, for digitization of records, IFR and CFR data including legacy data and
claim process, for Mapping Potential Forest Rights, Setting up FRA Cells at the District and Sub-Divisional levels.Financial support will also be provided to the Gram Sabhas for the preparation and execution of the CFR Management Plan (CFRMP.
Jungle Manch on dated 26th August 2012 to the forest village/unsurveyed
village Dutelguda. Much updated information has also been collected from the villagers over the phone. This village represents the thousands of displaced villages over the periods by the Govt. of Odisha due to developmental projects and where community people were settled by themselves mostly in different reserved forest areas. This village also represents the thousands of forest villages/unsurveyed human habitations of which the Govt. of Odisha does not have clear information. This village also represents the thousands of recorded and unrecorded hamlets in the scheduled 5th areas, which were regarded as
independent village under the Central PESA Act 3 1996 and again by the
historic forest rights act, 2006 which not only revived the provisions of the
Central PESA Act but also extended the provisions of the PESA Act even to the non-scheduled areas of the State recognizing them as separate villages. Both these two pro-community legislations strongly advocate for the “Authority” of the Gram Sabha toward the realization of a true Democracy. These acts not only emphasized Gram Sabha's ownership rights over its resources but also had enough faith in its competency to use these resources sustainably for the next generations and to make independent decisions for their life and livelihoods.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, in Sept-Oct, 2024 on the
PM-JUGA. The Mission is launched under the “Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) by the Prime Minister on 2nd October 2024”. Under the PM-JUGA Mission Financial support will be provided to the States/Union Territories for the development of the State FRA Portal, for digitization of records, IFR and CFR data including legacy data and
claim process, for Mapping Potential Forest Rights, Setting up FRA Cells at the District and Sub-Divisional levels.Financial support will also be provided to the Gram Sabhas for the preparation and execution of the CFR Management Plan (CFRMP.