| Activities | Individual Rights | Community Rights | Community Forest Resources Rights | Total of Community | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claims Received | 691,948 | 17,265 | 15,179 | 32,444 | 724,392 |
| Claims Approved | 468,133 | 6,323 | 4,903 | 11,226 | 479,359 |
| Titles Distributed | 461,475 | 4,784 | 3,992 | 8,776 | 470,251 |
| Area Involved | 673,850.89 Acres | 278,154.02 Acres | 458,734.83 Acres | 8,776.00 Acres | 470,251.00 Acres |
| Claims Rejected | 144,104 | 404 | 128 | 532 | 144,636 |
| Claims Pending | 86,369 | 12,077 | 11,059 | 23,136 | 109,505 |
| Correction of RoR & Maps | 355,438 | Demarcation made | 428,966 | ||
| Conversion Claims of Forest to Revenue Village | 57 | Declared Conversion of Forest to Revenue Village | 165 | ||
| Habitat Rights Recognition Claims | 14 | Habitat Rights Recognition Approved | 10 | ||
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, or the Forest Rights Act as it is commonly known, is a historic milestone that ensures the rights and livelihood of forest dwelling communities. The Act recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded and provide a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.
Odisha is home to 64 types of tribes, 13 of which are categorized as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). As per the 2011 census, it is ranked third in terms of ST population nationally. The tribal population of the State is 95,90,756 which constitutes 22.85 percent of the total population. Out of nearly 53,845 villages in the State, there are about 32,562 FRA potential villages. The estimated potential forest area over which forest rights can be recognized in Odisha is approx. 35,739 Sq. KMs.
Government of Odisha has prioritized the effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act in a saturation mode. Odisha is one of the leading States in implementation of FRA with distribution of 4.56 lakhs of individual forest right (IFR) titles in the country as of now. However, there still exists gap between the potential and actual achievement in the rights recognition and the linked development processes.
The progress in terms of recognition of community rights (CR), Community Forest Resource (CFR) Rights and in conversion of un-surveyed habitations / forest villages to revenue villages is not encouraging. Where rights have already been recognized, there are gaps in correction of records for the titles distributed as well as poor rate of convergence with other schemes and programs of the Government.
The recognition of CR and CFR Rights is lagging in particular. Therefore, inconsistence with the objectives of providing economic sustainability and strengthening the livelihood base of the tribal communities through recognition of rights over their resources, ST and SC Development Department has designed the scheme titled "Mo Jungle Jami Yojana" which has been approved by the Government.