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 C

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Q: 83 (IAS/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?

question_subject: 

Ecology

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,116,63,116,13,28,22

keywords: 

{'habitat rights': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'forest rights act': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'critical wildlife habitat': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'environment': [2, 0, 0, 3], 'vulnerable tribal groups': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'baigas': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'forest': [9, 1, 6, 21]}

The correct answer is Option 1: 1 and 2 only.

Explanation:

Statement 1: The definition of "Critical Wildlife Habitat" is incorporated in the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

This statement is correct. The Forest Rights Act, 2006, defines "Critical Wildlife Habitat" as an area required to be kept inviolate for the purposes of wildlife conservation, without affecting the rights of forest-dwelling communities. The act recognizes the rights of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers to live in and cultivate forest land that they have been traditionally occupying.

Statement 2: For the first time in India, Baigas have been given Habitat Rights.

This statement is also correct. The Baigas, a Scheduled Tribe in Madhya Pradesh, were the first community in India to be granted habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. In 2008, the Madhya Pradesh government issued a notification granting habitat rights to the Baigas in the region.

Statement 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.

This statement is incorrect. The Forest Rights Act, 2006, empowers the Gram Sabha or the village assembly to determine the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights, including habitat rights, within their area of jurisdiction. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change does not have the authority to officially decide and declare habitat rights for any tribal groups.

In conclusion, statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect. The correct answer is Option 1: 1 and 2 only.

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