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• Committee Members & ToR
• Letter regarding inclusion of Ms. Roma as Specialist
• Call for input by the Committee
• List of Members visiting various States

Proceedings of the Committee Meeting

• 1st Meetings' Proceedings

Proceedings of the Consultations

• Summary Report of the Uttarakhand - UP consultations
• Summary Report of the Maharashtra Consultation

Field Notes by the Committee Members

• Dr. N.C. Saxena's Field Note on Chhattisgarh

Letter by the Committee Members

• Letter to Jairam Ramesh, MoS, Environment & Forests by Dr. N.C. Saxena, Chairperson of Joint Committee on rights of the nomadic tribes (van gujjars) in Uttarakhand
• Letter to Secretary, MoTA by Dr. N.C. Saxena, Chairperson of Joint Committee on issues of implementation in Maharastra

Media Corner:

• FRA Panel interacts with public

• Committee to make suggestions to State (AP Public Consultation)

• POSCO land acquisition is illegal: FRA Committee

• Kothari panel meets Posco site villagers

• Orissa govt, Posco hit by committee findings

• Central delegation visits POSCO
• Orissa performs well in implementing forest rights act
• Forest Rights Act Panel hold Public Consultation in Orissa
• NFRAC to hold public hearing on Forest Rights Act in Himachal
• Central Team to visit POSCO site
• Still no recognition of forest rights for tribals
•  ‘Ignorant’ officials
• Orissa Jana Adhikar Mancha will not attend the Public Consultation scheduled to be held on 22nd July 2010 at Bhubaneswar

Forth Coming Public Consultations

State: Assam

Date: 11th to 13th July 2010

          11th July 2010: Public Consultation at Kaki, Nagaon [10 a.m. to 4 p.m.]

          12th July 2010: Field visit and Public Consultation at Kaziranga National Park [8 a.m. to 10 a.m]

                                     Field visit and Public Consultation at Tengani, Golaghat [1 p.m. to 5 p.m.]

         13th July 2010: Public consultation with NGOs, Activists, Forest Dwellers, Govt. officials,  

                                   and representatives from autonomous council Area [10 a.m. to 5 p.m.]

Contact Person: Arupjyoti Saikia, 09435557483

State: Jharkhand

Date: 16th to 19th July 2010

           16th July 2010: Public Consultation at Chalkad village of Khunti District

           17th July 2010: Bokaro

           18th July 2010: Public Consultation at Dumka

           19th July 2010: Discussion with Chief Secretary, Forest Officials and other Stakeholders

Contact Person: Vasavi Kiro, 9431102189

State: Orissa

Date:22nd to 27th July 2010

         22nd July 2010: Public Consultation at Bhubaneswar, Tribal Exhibition Ground, Unit - 1

         23rd July 2010: Discussion with Senior Government Officials including Chief Secretary

         23rd to 24th July 2010: Visit to Jagatsingpur

        25th & 26th July 2010: Visit to Mayurbhanj

• 25th July 2010: Interaction with the inhabitants of Kabataghai, Bhakua, Jamunagarh villages located inside the Simlipal  Tiger Reserve (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Public Consultation at Joshipur (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
• 26th July 2010: Interaction with the Forest Protecting Groups at Budhikhamari ( 9 a.m to 10 p.m.), Interaction with the DLC/SDLC members at Baripada (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Visit to Amdiha Re-settelement Colony (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.)

Contact Person: Ashish Kothari (020-25675450), Dr.A.B. Ota, Director, SCSTRTI, 0674 - 2563649/ 2561635

State: HIMACHAL PRADESH

Date: 28th to 31st July 2010

          28th July 2010- Bilaspur Hearing of all groups of lower Himachal, i.e. Chamba, Kangra, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kullu,     solan, Sirmour and Shimla. Field visit- after noon from Bilspur to Jhanduta at the bank of Bhakhra.

          29th July 2010: Visit to Kinaur, hearing and meeting on the way at Sunni, Luhari, Rampur and Tapri

          30th July 2010: Hearing of Kinaur and Lahol Sapiti(Tribal area) and field visit. Back Journey to Shimla.

          31st July 2010: Shimla meeting with government official and Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, Press conference

Contact Person: Roma, 9868217276; Guman Singh, 9418277220

State: ANDHRA PRADESH

Date: 27th to 31st July 2010

           27 July 2010: Public Consultation at Beesupuram, 11 AM to 1 PM

                                  Public Consultation at 2 PM to 4 PM Araku ( Surrounding Villagers will attend to meeting)

          28 July 2010:  Public Consultation (Divisional Level Meeting in ITDA) at Paderu, 11 AM - 1 PM

                                  Interaction with Chintapalli Communities, 2 PM - 5 PM:

          29 July 2010: Interaction with SDLC members at Chintapalli and visit to adjoining villages, 11 AM - 1 PM

          30 July 2010: Public Consultation at  Kamabala Konda National Park, 8 AM - 10 AM

                                  State level Public Consultation at Vizag , 11 AM 5 PM

          31 July 2010: Interaction with State officials at Hyderabad

Contact Person: Ravi Rebbapragada, 9848195937

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