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12.3 lakh tribal land titles issued
Business Line: New Delhi, Dec. 1: 2011
In a bid to ensure that people in tribal areas get due share in forest land, government has distributed more than 12.30 lakh land titles to such residents and additional 13,000 titles are ready for distribution.
“Till October 2011, more than 31.49 lakh titles have been filed and more than 12.30 lakh titles have been distributed under the Act. More than 13,000 titles were ready for distribution,” the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Mr Mahadeo Singh Khandela, said today in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
On health facilities in tribal areas, Mr Khandela said National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has taken several steps to improve health infrastructure in these areas with a special focus on 18 States.