• Dr. Pramod Kumar Ray

The Schedule tribe and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 has been considered a progressive social legislation and a democratic weapon in the forest to undo the historical injustice done to the tribal’s since the time of British Imperial Government. The present paper is an earnest endeavor to respond very baffling and pertinent questions pertaining to necessity of the Act, its implementation and feasibility of the beneficiaries in securing their rights and what kind of rights do the forest dwellers get under this Act ? The paper seeks to unfold the conflicting currents of the problem of implementation of FRA in Odisha and suggest the way and means to address the implementation gaps through proper monitoring system, which has to be supplemented by an external agency through use of latest technology, involving civil society organizations for spread of information among tribal community about provision and benefit of the Act.

Historical injustice, Aboriginal, FRA, CFR-LA,CPR, PESA, CSOs, OTFDs, Democratic Decentralization, Community Governance, Sustainable Tribal Development

"CAN FOREST RIGHT ACT-2006 BE AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT IN REVERSING HISTORIC INJUSTICE DONE TO THE TRIBALS: A REVIEW OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.232-249, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903138.pdf

"CAN FOREST RIGHT ACT-2006 BE AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT IN REVERSING HISTORIC INJUSTICE DONE TO THE TRIBALS: A REVIEW OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp232-249, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903138.pdf