Jammu Kashmir Shifts Forest Rights Act Implementation to Tribal Welfare Department, FRC Calls it Corrective Step

SRINAGAR : The Forest Rights Coalition Jammu and Kashmir has welcomed the Union Territory government’s decision to shift the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 from the Forest Department to the Tribal Welfare Department, describing it as a corrective step that addresses a long-standing structural contradiction in forest governance. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The Coalition said the move, which removes the Forest Department as the nodal agency and designates the Tribal Welfare Department as the new authority, aligns Jammu and Kashmir with the national framework for implementing the Forest Rights Act. Until now, Jammu and Kashmir was the only Union Territory where the Forest Department, often involved in eviction drives and forest offence cases, was