Committee to Oversee implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers Act

The Indian Government constituted a four-member committee to ascertain the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 on 28 July 2010. The committee would also access and assertain other rehabilitation measures taken before granting final approval for diversion of forest land for the establishment of the Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port by Posco-India at Jagatsinghpur district in Orissa. The committee would probe the implementation of the rehabilitation package to the affected people and submit its report within a month of its formation.
The members of the committee include - Meena Gupta, former Environment Secretary; Urmila Pingle, an expert on tribal issues; Devender Pandey, former Director of the Forest Survey of India; and V. Suresh, advocate.