Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Rajya Sabha that as per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in short, FRA) and Rules made thereunder, State Governments and UT Administrations are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the Act while the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) compiles Monthly Progress Reports received from the States/UTs. FRA is being implemented in 20 States (including Himachal Pradesh) and 1 Union Territory.
The state-wise status of claims filed, approved, rejected and pending, including status of Himachal Pradesh, as on 30.06.2026 is at Annexure. Further, the community-wise and district-wise segregated data is not maintained by the Ministry.
Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2861 regarding “Status of forest rights claims” to be answered on 12.08.2026 asked by Shri Anurag Sharma
State wise details of claims received, claims approved (Titles distributed), Claims rejected and Claims pending for both Individual and Community (including CFRR), as per information received from States/ UTs upto 30.06.2026:
| S. No. | States/UT | No. of Claims receivedupto 30.06.2026 | No. of Titles Distributedupto 30.06.2026 | No. of Claims Rejected | No. of Pending Claims | ||||
| Individual | Community | Total | Individual | Community | Total | ||||
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 285,115 | 3,294 | 288,409 | 226,667 | 1,822 | 228,489 | 58,395 | 1525 |
| 2 | Assam | 208,062 | 8,582 | 216,644 | 84,861 | 2,575 | 87,436 | 16,379 | 112829 |
| 3 | Bihar | 4,696 | 0 | 4,696 | 191 | 0 | 191 | 4,496 | 9 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 890,220 | 57,259 | 947,479 | 481,432 | 52,636 | 534,068 | 406,787 | 6624 |
| 5 | Goa | 9,978 | 399 | 10,377 | 1,250 | 20 | 1,270 | 1,901 | 7206 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 183,055 | 7,187 | 190,242 | 98,732 | 4,792 | 103,524 | 2,331 | 84387 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 6,100 | 868 | 6,968 | 942 | 156 | 1,098 | 56 | 5814 |
| 8 | Jharkhand | 107,032 | 3,724 | 110,756 | 59,866 | 2,104 | 61,970 | 28,107 | 20679 |
| 9 | Karnataka | 289,236 | 5,940 | 295,176 | 15,355 | 1,345 | 16,700 | 262,626 | 15850 |
| 10 | Kerala | 44,580 | 1,018 | 45,598 | 29,523 | 284 | 29,807 | 13,216 | 2575 |
| 11 | Madhya Pradesh | 766,430 | 40,975 | 807,405 | 260,707 | 28,754 | 289,461 | 244,487 | 273457 |
| 12 | Maharashtra | 397,897 | 11,259 | 409,156 | 199,667 | 8,668 | 208,335 | 172,631 | 28190 |
| 13 | Odisha | 733,158 | 36,819 | 769,977 | 464,504 | 9,432 | 473,936 | 146,345 | 149696 |
| 14 | Rajasthan | 113,162 | 5,213 | 118,375 | 49,215 | 2,551 | 51,766 | 65,921 | 688 |
| 15 | Tamil Nadu | 33,119 | 1,548 | 34,667 | 15,442 | 1,066 | 16,508 | 12,711 | 5448 |
| 16 | Telangana | 651,822 | 3,427 | 655,249 | 230,735 | 721 | 231,456 | 94,426 | 329367 |
| 17 | Tripura | 201,055 | 67 | 201,122 | 131,615 | 65 | 131,680 | 68,472 | 970 |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh | 92,972 | 1,194 | 94,166 | 22,537 | 893 | 23,430 | 70,736 | 0 |
| 19 | Uttarakhand | 3,809 | 3,119 | 6,928 | 83 | 1 | 84 | 6,698 | 146 |
| 20 | West Bengal | 131,962 | 10,119 | 142,081 | 44,444 | 686 | 45,130 | 96,587 | 364 |
| 21 | Jammu & Kashmir | 33,233 | 12,857 | 46,090 | 429 | 5,591 | 6,020 | 39,924 | 146 |
| TOTAL | 51,86,693 | 2,14,868 | 54,01,561 | 24,18,197 | 1,24,162 | 25,42,359 | 18,13,232 | 10,45,970 | |
