- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, aims to recognize and vest forest rights in forest- dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations. - The Act specifies that the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes must have been primarily residing in and depending on forests or forest lands for bona fide livelihood needs. The definition of "forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes" and "other traditional forest dwellers" in Section 2 sets the cutoff date for eligibility based on residence prior to December 13, 2005. The date October 25, 1980, is relevant to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, regarding the diversion of forest land. - Implementation of the Act is primarily the responsibility of the State/UT Governments through various committees constituted at the Gram Sabha, Sub- Divisional, and District levels, overseen by a State Level Monitoring Committee.
It is not in force. (iii) UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967) is an anti- terrorism law currently in force, which includes provisions for extended detention, although it is not classified purely as a preventive detention act in the same category as NSA or the repealed MISA in all contexts. However, it is a law currently in force. (iv) FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999) is an economic law regulating foreign exchange transactions. It is currently in force but is not a preventive detention act itself, although related acts like COFEPOSA (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974) are preventive detention laws often linked to FEMA contraventions and are also in force. However, FEMA itself is not the preventive detention act. Considering the list, MISA is the only act that is definitively not in force and was a preventive detention act. NSA and UAPA are in force. FEMA is in force but is not a preventive detention act. Therefore, only (ii) is not in force among the list, particularly qualifying as a preventive detention act from the historical context provided by MISA and NSA. 12. Which of the following statements relating to the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 are correct ? 1. The Act recognizes forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been occupying the forest land before October 25, 1980 2. The onus of implementation of the Act lies at the level of the State / UT Governments 3. The Act seeks to recognize and vest certain forest rights in the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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