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Forest Rights Act Revoked in Mizoram
November 22 , 2019
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- The Mizoram Government has revoked the Scheduled Tribe & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Forest Rights Act).
- It has revoked on the grounds that it directly encroached on the special status the state enjoyed under Article 371 (G) of the Constitution of India.
- Under Article 371 (G), all legislations of Parliament pertaining to land ownership and transfer need to be first passed by the state’s assembly through a resolution before it can be implemented in the state.
- With the abrogation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, forest lands in Mizoram will remain with the traditional communities holding ownership and the state forest department.
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