Status of forest rights claims

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Status of forest rights claims प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 12:40PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Rajya Sabha that as per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in short, FRA) and Rules made thereunder, State Governments and UT Administrations are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the Act while the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) compiles Monthly Progress Reports received from the States/UTs. FRA is being implemented in 20 States (including Himachal Pradesh) and 1 Union Territory.

The state-wise status of claims filed, approved, rejected and pending, including status of Himachal Pradesh, as on 30.06.2026 is at Annexure. Further, the community-wise and district-wise segregated data is not maintained by the Ministry.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2861 regarding “Status of forest rights claims” to be answered on 12.08.2026 asked by Shri Anurag Sharma State wise details of claims received, claims approved (Titles distributed), Claims rejected and Claims pending for both Individual and Community (including CFRR), as per information received from States/ UTs upto 30.06.2026:

S. States/UT No. of Claims received No. of Titles Distributed No. upto 30.06.2026 upto 30.06.2026 Individual Community Total Individual Community Total 1 Andhra 285,115 3,294 288,409 226,667 1,822 228,489 Pradesh 2 Assam 208,062 8,582 216,644 84,861 2,575 87,436 3 Bihar 4,696 0 4,696 191 0 191 4 Chhattisgarh 890,220 57,259 947,479 481,432 52,636 534,0685 Goa 9,978 399 10,377 1,250 20 1,270 6 Gujarat 183,055 7,187 190,242 98,732 4,792 103,524 7 Himachal 6,100 868 6,968 942 156 1,098 Pradesh 8 Jharkhand 107,032 3,724 110,756 59,866 2,104 61,970 9 Karnataka 289,236 5,940 295,176 15,355 1,345 16,700 10 Kerala 44,580 1,018 45,598 29,523 284 29,807 11 Madhya 766,430 40,975 807,405 260,707 28,754 289,461 Pradesh 12 Maharashtra 397,897 11,259 409,156 199,667 8,668 208,335 13 Odisha 733,158 36,819 769,977 464,504 9,432 473,936 14 Rajasthan 113,162 5,213 118,375 49,215 2,551 51,766 15 Tamil Nadu 33,119 1,548 34,667 15,442 1,066 16,508 16 Telangana 651,822 3,427 655,249 230,735 721 231,456 17 Tripura 201,055 67 201,122 131,615 65 131,680 18 Uttar 92,972 1,194 94,166 22,537 893 23,430 Pradesh 19 Uttarakhand 3,809 3,119 6,928 83 1 84 20 West Bengal 131,962 10,119 142,081 44,444 686 45,130 21 Jammu & 33,233 12,857 46,090 429 5,591 6,020 Kashmir TOTAL 51,86,693 2,14,868 54,01,561 24,18,197 1,24,162 25,42,359 ****** RN/ (रलीज़ आईडी: 2298075) आगंतुक पटल : 463इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Telugu