Abstract
This chapter describes the setting in which the Forest Rights Act was enacted in the background of demands made by forest dwellers and forest dwelling communities and the vigorous advocacy by civil society organizations working with these communities. It provides an analysis of the Act with reference to the adequacy of the law in addressing the problems of the forest dwellers and their communities, recognition of rights, and definition of individual forest rights and community rights. It analyses the progress in the implementation of the Act in respect of awareness generation; prescribed timeframes, capacity of the stakeholders such as Gram Sabhas, government functionaries, and civil society organizations; attitude of the officials of the forest and revenue departments; the grievance monitoring mechanisms; and the grievance redressal system.
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