Indian Forest Act 1927 Current Affairs, GK & News

Changes proposed in Forest Conservation Act

October 6, 2021

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed an amendment to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in a bid to liberalise the forest laws. Status of the amendments Ministry has sent the proposed amendments to all the state governments, asking for their objections and suggestions within 15 days. The draft proposal will be ..

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23 additional Minor Forest Produce included in Minimum Support Price List

May 30, 2020

On May 29, 2020, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs announced that 23 additional Minor Forest Produce of Minimum Support Price has been included. Highlights Also, the minimum support price for the existing forest produce was reduced for 50 items. The increase in Minor Forest Produce is from 16% to 66%. In certain cases such as ..

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Amendments to the Indian Forest Act 1927

March 21, 2019

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has finalised the first draft of the comprehensive amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The amendments provide definitions to important terms that were missing from the law. Features of the Amendments The draft amendment defines community as “a group of persons specified on the ..

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Measures for the protection of Sentinelese Tribe

February 6, 2019

The Sentinelese Tribe are indigenous people inhabiting North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in India and are considered one of the world’s last uncontacted peoples. They are considered as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG). Laws to Safeguard the interests of Sentinelese Tribe Laws promulgated for the protection of interests of Sentinelese Tribe are: A &N Islands (PAT) Regulation 1956. Scheduled ..

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