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Introduced in March 29th, 2023, the Forest Conservation Amendment Bill, 2023 has proposed the following changes: (i) exempts certain categories of land from its purview (ii) expands the gamut of activities that can be carried out on forest land A Joint Committee of Parliament has reviewed the Bill before it was introduced in the Parliament.
Environment policies of the Government of India include legislations related to environment.. In the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 48A says "the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country"; Article 51-A states that "it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural ...
On 18 October 2010, Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta [10] became its first Chairman and currently Justice Prakash Shrivastava has been appointed as Chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 21 August 2023. [11] Retired justice Adarsh Kumar Goel is the former chairman of the tribunal from 6 July 2018 to 6 July 2023. [12]
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991; The Biological Diversity Act, 2002. National Green Tribunal handles every violation related to above laws or any Government decision or order covered under above laws.
The states are directed to channel this amount as compensatory afforestation which shall be used for plantations, assisted natural forest regeneration, forest fire-prevention, pest and disease control in forest, and expedite soil and moisture conservation works. [citation needed]
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Parliament of India Long title An Act to provide for the protection of Wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Citation Act No. 53 of 1972 Enacted by Parliament of India Enacted 9 September 1972 Status: In force The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted ...
The National Forest Policy, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India to revise the previously enacted National Forest Policy of 1952. [1] The 1988 National Forest Policy strongly suggested the idea of empowering and involving local communities in the protection and development of forests.
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on 18 December 2006. It has also been called the Forest Rights Act, the Tribal Rights Act, the Tribal Bill, and the Tribal Land Act. The law concerns the rights of forest-dwelling communities ...