India, Sept. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India, convened the first Regional Review Conference on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA) at Bengaluru, Karnataka, today, bringing together senior functionaries of the Tribal Welfare, Revenue and Forest Departments of the five Southern States, namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, to review the status of implementation and deliberate upon a coordinated way forward.
Proceedings commenced with a Welcome Address by the Secretary, Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Government of Karnataka, who apprised the ...