Under which law was the regional review series on forest rights conducted?
- A.The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
- B.The Indian Forest Act, 1927
- C.The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- D.The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, commonly called the Forest Rights Act, whose implementation the Ministry of Tribal Affairs reviewed at the Srinagar conference. The review covered claims received and disposed of under this law, the titles distributed, Community Forest Resource Rights and habitat rights for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, all of which flow from this statute. Options B, C and D name other forest and wildlife laws that do not create the claim, title and Gram Sabha machinery discussed at the conference; none of them is the law under which individual and community forest rights are recognised, nor does any of them provide for the district and State level committees whose work was examined. The UT Minister stressed that this Act safeguards the dignity and livelihood of forest-dependent communities.
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Practice Questions
The Third Regional Review Conference on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act was held in which city?
- A.Bengaluru
- B.Kolkata
- C.Srinagar
- D.New Delhi
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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs convened the third and concluding conference of the regional review series in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, where senior officials of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and the host Union Territory reviewed progress under the Act.
Read the full explanation →As of 31 August 2026, what share of the Forest Rights Act claims received in the country had been disposed of?
- A.80.64 per cent
- B.54 per cent
- C.43.56 per cent
- D.25.42 per cent
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The Ministry reported that about 54 lakh claims had been received across the country and that 43.56 lakh of them, which is this share, had been disposed of by that date.
Read the full explanation →Habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act have so far been recognised for how many of the country’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?
- A.75 of 75
- B.11 of 75
- C.20 of 75
- D.11 of 20
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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs noted that habitat rights have been recognised for only this small number out of all the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in the country, and for that reason it urged the States to expedite recognition and to build a habitat rights roadmap for each group.
Read the full explanation →Within what period must the committee on pharmaceutical marketing practices submit its recommendations?
- A.Two months from the date of its first meeting
- B.Six months from the date of its constitution
- C.One year from the date of its first meeting
- D.Three months from the date of its constitution
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The order constituting the committee sets that period and also requires the panel to complete the consultative process it has been asked to undertake before submitting its recommendations.
Read the full explanation →The Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) was first introduced in which year?
- A.2015
- B.2024
- C.2019
- D.2026
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The code was introduced in that year as a voluntary, industry-led self-regulatory mechanism meant to promote ethical pharmaceutical marketing and to regulate the interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals.
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