UPSC Prelims 2021·GS1·polity-and-governance·governance

At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?

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  1. AMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  2. BMinistry of Panchayati Raj
  3. CMinistry of Rural Development
  4. DMinistry of Tribal AffairsCorrect

Explanation

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA), primarily aims to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land to forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. Given its focus on the rights and welfare of tribal communities, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal ministry at the national level responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of this Act.
polity-and-governance: At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and

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