Tribal activists hail compensation for land regularized under FRA Subject: Polity Section: Laws in news Context: Tribal rights activists expressed satisfaction with the compensation awarded for land regularised under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 (FRA) in connection with the 464­km Bharatamala Road project linking Raipur and Visakhapatnam. About Forest Rights Act 2006: FRA enacted in 2006 recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources on […]