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India · 2006NREGA goes live and the Forest Rights Act: India's rights-based welfare turn

UPA-I deepened a rights-based welfare model: NREGA came into force in February 2006 and the Forest Rights Act was enacted, while the proposed 27% OBC quota in central higher-education institutions sparked Mandal II protests. The Indo-US nuclear deal advanced through Bush's March visit and the Hyde Act; train blasts struck Mumbai on 11 July.

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Key figures

Manmohan Singh — Prime Minister, leading UPA-I's rights-based welfare agenda and the nuclear dealA.P.J. Abdul Kalam — President of IndiaY.K. Sabharwal — Chief Justice of India during the Prakash Singh, Rameshwar Prasad and M. Nagaraj rulingsSonia Gandhi — UPA chairperson, resigned over the office-of-profit controversyArjun Singh — Union HRD Minister associated with the 27% OBC reservation proposal in higher educationRajinder Sachar — chaired the committee on the status of Muslims

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Bills & Acts of 2006

From our live BillTracker — real legislation recorded for 2006.

Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006Enacted

Recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribes and communities over land and forest resources they have traditionally used.

Why it matters: Key for Environment (forest governance) and Social Justice (tribal rights, FRA-vs-conservation debate).

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