 bill no xlvii of  2010 the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) (amendment) bill, 2010 a billfurther to amend the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights) act, 2006be it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:—2 in section 2 of the scheduled tribes and other traditonal forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights)  act, 2006, for clause (o), the following clause shall be substituted as namely:—amendment of section 2 of act no 2 of 20075''(o) "other traditional forest dweller" means any member  or community who has for at least one generation prior to the 13th day of december, 2005 primarily resided in and who depend on the forest or forests land for bona fide livelihood needs"explanation—for the purpose of this clause, "generation" means a period comprising twenty-five years statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006, requires evidence of seventy-five years residence in forest for eligibility of non-tribal additional forest dwellers this means that proof of residence dating back to 1930 has to be produced this is obviously not feasible or practical as british who shifted large communities mainly scheduled caste into the forests gave no such certificates on the other hand the supreme court has recognized and legalized occupation of forest land prior to 1980 which benefited approximately four lakh forest dwellers the three generation condition has deprived genuine other traditional forest dwellers from their right to get pattas under the forest act the amendment will bring the act in tune with the supreme court recognition of occupation pre-1980the bill seeks to achieve the above objectives hence this billbrinda  karat annexure extracts  from  the  scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006 (no 2 of 2007)   2 (o) "other traditional forest dweller" means any member or community who has for at least three generations prior to the 13th day of december, 2005 primarily resided in and who depend on the forest or forests land for bona fide livelihood needsexplanation—for the purpose of this clause, "generation" means a period comprising of twenty-five years   ———— a billfurther to amend the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights) act, 2006————(shrimati brinda karat, mp)gmgipmrnd—4353rs(s3)—27-08-2010