New Delhi, July 3 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday raised concerns after 150 civil society groups and activists wrote to the Prime Minister, accusing the Environment Ministry of weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

The letter written by the civil societies highlighted issues like plans to evict 65,000 families from tiger reserves, misuse of data on forest encroachment, and recent laws that hurt forest quality and tribal livelihoods.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh, "Recently, 150 civil society organisations and activists wrote a letter to the Prime Minister expressing serious concern over the role of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in systematically weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006."

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