Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?
Detailed Explanation:
Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the Gram Sabha is the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights.
The Gram Sabha receives claims, verifies them, prepares maps of claimed areas, and passes a resolution which is then screened by the Sub-Divisional Level Committee (SDLC) and finally approved by the District Level Committee (DLC).
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