 bill no 237 of  2015 the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) amendment bill, 2015 byshri raju shetti, mpa billto amend the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of section 22 of 20072 in section 2 of the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights) act, 2006, in clause (o),—(i) the words "for at least three generations" shall be omitted; and (ii) the explanation at the end shall be omitted statement of objects  and  reasonsthe scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006 was enacted to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded the definition of "other traditional forest dwellers" includes only a member or community who has for at least three generations prior to the 13th day of december 2005 primarily resided in forest or forest land to avail certain rights under the act however, it is not possible and practical for all the traditional forest dwellers to give proof of ''three generations'' as prescribed in definition therefore, the persons who are actually forest dwellers and not having any proof or record of their residence in such forest areas for the last three generations are suffering on this account these forest dwellers are cultivating land for the last many years but are not eligible to claim ownership of such land or get benefits of ongoing schemes of governments meant for ''other traditional forest dwellers'' for the reason that they do not have any proof or record of residence in such areas these traditional forest dwellers are living in a pitiable condition and require immediate attention of the government to ameliorate their conditionthe bill seeks to amend the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights) act, 2006 with a view to do away with the condition of "three generations" so that all traditional forest dwellers can avail the benefits of ongoing schemes meant for the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellershence this billnew delhi;raju shettiaugust 3, 2015 annexure extract from the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006 [10] m cdefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,— [10] m c(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; [10] m c lok  sabha————abillto amend the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act, 2006————(shri raju shetti, mp)gmgipmrnd—2324ls(s3)—31-10-2015