IFR CLAIMS IN KARNATAKA

Ministry of Tribal Affairs IFR CLAIMS IN KARNATAKA Posted On: 30 JUL 2025 4:23PM by PIB Delhi In Rajya Sabha, the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey replying today an un-starred question of Shri Narayan Koragappa informed that as per the provisions of ‘The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006’ and Rules made thereunder, the State Governments are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the Act and are being implemented in 20 States (including Karnataka) and 1 UT. Monthly Progress Reports are submitted by States/UTs to Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA). As reported by the State Government of Karnataka, till date a total 2,89,236 Individual Forest Rights (IFR) claims have been received out of which, a total of 15,772 claim applications are pending for settlement. A statement showing district wise details are at Annexure. Further, State Government of Karnataka has informed that State-Level Monitoring Committee meetings were held on 28.11.2024 and 04.07.2025 under the Chairmanship of the Karnataka Chief Secretary to review the progress of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation. Forest Rights Committees have been instructed to complete verification of the pending claims and the re-verification of rejected applications within the stipulated timeframe, in accordance with the Forest Rights Act 2006 and rules. Moreover, MoTA has been issuing directions and guidelines from time to time to ensure proper implementation of the Act. Further review meetings are regularly being held from time to time with the State Tribal Welfare Department and concerned authorities. DC/DMs have been advised to dispose of all pending FRA Claims in time. Additionally, MoTA has been providing financial support to the districts and State Tribal Departments , under ‘DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan’ (DA-JGUA)’ for setting up dedicated FRA cells at the State and district/subdivision levels, for a period of two years which will inter alia assist state in facilitating timely settlement of claims (both community and individual), ensure timely convening of Sub-Divisional Level Committees (SDLC), District Level Committees (DLC), and other related bodies. In this regard,on the basis of proposal received from State government of Karnataka an amount of Rs. 344.56 Lakhs has been approved to set up a State Level FRA Cell and 18 District level FRA Cells . Annexure Annexure referred to in reply of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1264to be answered on- 30/07/2025 District wise status on Individual Forest Rights (IFR) claims received as reported by Karnataka State Government No. of claims Name of the No. of IFR claims No. of title deeds No of claims Sl. No pending for District received distributed rejected disposal 1 Mysore 7340 961 5839 540 2 Shimoga 95431 2409 90809 2213 3 Chickmagalur 21213 1910 19303 0 4 Uttara Kannada 85065 1741 71561 11763 5 Chamrajnagar 2480 2060 420 06 Kodagu 4220 2385 1835 0 D a k s h i n a 7 2429 146 2283 0 Kannada 8 udupi 2137 539 1598 0 9 Gadag 2368 619 1716 33 10 Belgaum 17424 551 16873 0 11 Koppal 221 8 157 56 12 Ramanagar 4919 664 3800 455 13 Davanagere 11034 616 10232 186 14 Chitradurga 5092 346 4663 83 15 Hassan 492 1 489 2 16 Haveri 2825 56 2738 31 17 Bellary 3323 4 3316 3 18 Raichur 0 0 0 0 19 Bagalakote 11931 88 11843 0 20 Tumkur 1434 0 1415 19 21 Kalaburgi 508 0 508 0 22 Bangalore ® 527 104 417 6 23 Dharawada 1396 36 1224 136 24 Vijayapura 0 0 0 0 25 Mandya 438 111 168 159 26 Chikkaballapura 0 0 0 0 27 Bengaluru (U) 87 0 0 87 28 Bidar 0 0 0 0 29 Kolar 0 0 0 0 30 Yadgiri 26 0 26 0 31 Vijayanagara 4876 0 4876 0 Total 289236 15355 258109 15772 ***** RN/ (Release ID: 2150186)