Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

The Forest Rights Act, 2006, gives Gram Sabhas the right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any forest resources used by the entire community, or village which they have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use. The study was carried out in 5 villages of Bastar in 4 blocks namely Bastar, Darbha, Tokapal and Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. The total population of Bastar more than 70 percent are tribal people like Gond Tribe, Maria, Muria, Dhruva, Koya, Dhruv, Uraon, Pardhan, Bhatra, Halba Tribe, etc. Chhattisgarh is the second state after Odisha which has given CFRR title inside the national park which is in Bastar district. 3516 CFR titles have been given in Chhattisgarh, whose total area is 1463739.928 ha. In Bastar district 193 CFR titles have been given. Whose total area is 41901.810 ha. The maximum 51 titles in the district have been claimed in Jagdalpur block, and the lowest 12 titles Bastanar block claims. In current study problems faced by tribes were Lack of information, Lack of mutual consent of the villagers, Border dispute, Upper class opposition, long process, Border village disagreement, Political reasons and Overlapping claims.