Consider the following statements about the Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

1) It does not recognize Individual rights like Rights of Self-cultivation.
2) It recognizes the Community Rights as Grazing and Fishing.
3) It ensures land tenure, livelihood and food security of the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.
4) It protects the tribal population from eviction without rehabilitation and settlement.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct

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Consider the following statements about the Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

1) It does not recognize Individual rights like Rights of Self-cultivation.

2) It recognizes the Community Rights as Grazing and Fishing.

3) It ensures land tenure, livelihood and food security of the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.

4) It protects the tribal population from eviction without rehabilitation and settlement.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct

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The correct answer is 1 only. Statement Analysis:Statement 1 (Incorrect): The Act does recognize individual rights. It provides for the right to hold and live in forest land for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood by a member or members of a forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribe or other traditional forest dwellers.Statement 2 (Correct): The Act recognizes various community rights, including the right of access to biodiversity, community right to intellectual property, and traditional rights like grazing (both settled and transhumant) and fishing in water bodies.Statement 3 (Correct): One of the fundamental objectives of the Act is to provide land tenure and food security, addressing the "historical injustice" where forest dwellers' rights were not adequately recognized during the colonial period and in post-independence forest laws.Statement 4 (Correct): The Act provides a legal shield against arbitrary eviction. It stipulates that no member of a forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribe or other traditional forest dweller shall be evicted or removed from forest land under his occupation until the recognition and verification procedure is complete.

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1 and 2

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4 only

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2 only

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