The Odisha Government has formally come up with ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ (My Forestland Scheme) intending to complete recognition of all rights under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act), 2006, (in short FRA, 2006) in the next two years.
Under Mo Jungle Jami Yojana scheme, Forest Rights Cells will be constituted at the tahsil and district level with professional human resources to ensure and assist in the effective implementation of FRA, 2006. The project would speed-up the post-rights recognition activities within a prescribed timeframe.
As per the tribal profile of Odisha, the State is home to 62 types of tribes including 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). The 2011 census says the State is ranked third in terms of tribal population nationally.
