About 59383.59 hectare of forest land has been diverted under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for 538 number of different developmental projects as on 31.12.2021; the details of such diversion are reflected below:

The Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 secure individual or community tenure or both. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India has authorized Divisional Forest Officers to grant permission for diversion of forest land up to 1 hectare in each case & this involves felling of trees not exceeding 75 numbers per hectare for small projects in 13 categories as envisaged under section-3(2) of Forest Rights Act, 2006. About 1088.394 hectare of forest land has been diverted for 2203 number of different small developmental projects under the above Act as on 31.12.2021.The sector wise details are given below:

The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India has authorized the State Government to grant General Approval under Section 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land up to 5 hectare in each case (in two laning of roads, the area is not limited to 5 hectare) for creation of critical public utility infrastructure by Government Departments and this involves felling of trees not exceeding 50 number of trees per hectare in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts in 15 categories. As on 31.12.2021, about 82.799 hectare of forest land has been diverted under the above Act for 20 number of different developmental projects in LWE districts; the details of such diversion are reflected below:

The Tribal and other traditional forest dwellers have been granted individual rights and community rights as per provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights) Act, 2006.