UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

Consider the following statements: 1. The definition of 'Critical Wildlife Habitat' is incorporated in the Forest Rights Act, 2006. 2. For the first time in India, Baigas have been given Habitat Rights. 3. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officially decides and declares Habitat Rights for Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Groups in any part of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 2 only

Explanation

The Forest Rights Act, 2006 defines Critical Wildlife Habitat, and the Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh became the first community to get habitat rights (2016). Habitat rights for PVTGs are recognised through the Forest Rights Act process implemented by State governments (with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as the nodal ministry), so statement 3 is wrong.

Topics: critical wildlife habitat and habitat rights of pvtgs, forest rights act, polity and governance, tribal rights and forest laws