About the scheme:
- Objective: Implementing the terms of the 2006 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in an efficient manner is the goal.
- The scheme will give Scheduled Tribes and the population who live in forests access to land ownership and improved livelihoods and food security.
- It includes digitizing records, turning unsurveyed and uninhabited communities into economically viable ones, and setting up Forest Rights Cells for oversight and evaluation.
- Odisha will be the first state to fully comply with the Forest Rights Act if its implementation is effective.
Why in news?
The “Mo Jungle Jami Yojana” (MJJY) scheme, has been declared by the government of Odisha.