Jairam's Plan To Review Impact Of FRA Runs Into Rough Weather

On February 11, Ramesh had constituted a 10-member committee to review the implementation of Forest Rights Act - UPA's flagship `aam aadmi' scheme in its first tenure.

The formation of the committee raised the ire of tribal activists and others. Implementation of FRA comes under the ministry of tribal affairs. In fact, the government (during UPA-1) had decided to shift the onus of the Act from the environment ministry to the tribal affairs ministry after it faced tremendous opposition from the forest lobby in the government and conservationists outside. Read the full article here.

Source: Nitin Sethi, TNN, New Delhi.