@Dev_Fadnavis government has blamed state’s own bureaucracy for unlawfully rejecting #ForestRights claims of tens of thousands of #Adivasis & other traditional forest dwellers, putting some of India’s most marginalised citizens at risk of forcible eviction
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from their lands and homesteads.
In two separate affidavits filed before the Supreme Court, the @BJP4India government blamed the District Level Committees, staffed by officers of the departments of Revenue, @moefcc and @TribalAffairsIn of the state administration
In two separate affidavits filed before the Supreme Court, the @BJP4India government blamed the District Level Committees, staffed by officers of the departments of Revenue, @moefcc and @TribalAffairsIn of the state administration
and three nominated members from Panchayati Raj Institutions—for rejecting at least 22,509 #forestrights claims across Maharashtra without appropriately assessing the evidence submitted to support these claims, or for rejecting these claims by giving irrelevant reasons.
