India plans November 15 launch for national forest rights platform

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs says it plans to launch a national platform for forest rights claims on November 15, as part of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas. The ministry said on November 11 that it intends to bring the process under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, onto one system, from submission by the gram sabha to the issuance of digitally signed titles.