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It was the first forest policy of independent India, which overcomes the shortcomings in the 1894 policy. This policy is formulated on the basis of permanent needs of our country that are as follows: 1. Need for evolving a system of balanced and complementary landuse. 2. Need for checking the denudation in mountain region, soil erosion in riverbanks and invasion of sea sands on coastal tracks and shifting sand dune in deserts. 3. Need for the establishment of tree lands wherever possible. 4. To manage the progressively increasing demands (grazing, wood and firewood). 5. Need for the sustained supply of timber and other forest produces. 6. Need for the realization of the maximum annual revenue in perpetuity. Main features 1. The forest is to be for the maintenance-of physical conditions of the country. 2. This policy classifies the forest as follows: a) Protected forests are those forests which are essential for the preservation of physical and climatic conditions of the country.  b...

On the basis of Dr.Voelker report, entitled “Improvement of Indian agriculture” the Government of India formulated the Forest Policy of 1894. This is the first national forest policy in India enacted under pre independence era. Main features The main object of forest management is to promote the general well being of the country. The maintenance of adequate forest cover is emphasized for the preservation of climatic and physical conditions and to meet the basic requirement of the people. Government owned forest have been classified as follows: Preservation forest: Forest whose preservation is required on climate and physical grounds Commercial forest; Forest for supplying valuable timber and other commercial products Minor forest Pasture lands This policy emphasis on permanent cultivation rather than shifting cultivation. It gives importance to the fulfillment of the basic needs of the local people. Obtaining maximum revenue is the main goal instead of conserving forest reserves. Draw ...

CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II - AUTHORITIES TO BE APPOINTED OR CONSTITUTES UNDER THE ACT 3. Appointment of Director and other officers. 4. Appointment of Life Warden and other officers. 5. Power to delegate. 5A. Constitution of the National Board for Wild Life. 5B. Standing Committee of the National Board. 5C. Functions of the National Board. 6. Constitution of State Board for Wild Life. 6A. Standing Committee of Board. 7. Procedure to be followed by the Board. 8. Duties of State Board for Wild Life. CHAPTER III -HUNTING OF WILD ANIMALS 9. Prohibition of hunting. 10. [Omitted.]. 11. Hunting of wild animals to be permitted in certain cases. 12. Grant of permit for special purposes. 13. [Omitted.]. 14. [Omitted.]. 15. [Omitted.]. 16. [Omitted.]. 17. [Omitted.]. CHAPTER IIIA - PROTECTION OF SPECIFIED PLANTS 17A. Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plant. 17B. Grants of permit for special purposes. 17C. Cultivat...

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II - FOREST RIGHTS 3. Forest rights of Forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other tradional forest dwellers. CHAPTER III - RECOGNITION, RESTORATION AND VESTING OF FOREST RIGHTS AND RELATED MATTERS 4. Recognition of, and vesting of, forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. 5. Duties of holders of forest rights. CHAPTER IV - AUTHORITIES AND PROCEDURE FOR VESTING OF FOREST RIGHTS 6. Authorities to vest forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers and procedure thereof. CHAPTER V - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 7. Offences by members or officers of authorities and Committees under this Act. 8. Cognizance of offences. CHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS 9. Members of authorities, etc., to be public servants. 10. Protection of action taken in good faith. 11. Nodal agency. 12. Power of Central Gover...

  An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows — 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1980. 2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose .—Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force in a State, no State Govemnment or other authority shall make, except with the prior approval of the Central Government, any order directing— (i) that any reserved forest (within the meaning of the expression “reserved forest” in any law for the time being in force in that State) or any portion thereof, shall cease to be reserved: (ii) that a...

Background  The Bill amends the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to make it applicable to certain types of land. These include land notified as a forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 or in government records after the 1980 Act came into effect. The Act will not be applicable for land converted to non-forest use before December 12, 1996. It also exempts certain types of land from the purview of the Act. These include land within 100 km of India’s border needed for national security projects, small roadside amenities, and public roads leading to a habitation. The state government requires prior approval of the central government to assign any forest land to a private entity. The Bill extends this to all entities, and allows the assignment to be made on terms and conditions specified by the central government. The Act specifies some activities that can be carried out in forests, such as establishing check posts, fencing, and bridges. The Bill also allows running zoos, safaris ...

CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.. 2. Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) " community forest resource " means customary common forest land within the traditional or customary boundaries of the village or seasonal use of landscape in the case of pastoral communities, including reserved forests, protected forests and protected areas such as Sanctuaries and National Parks to which the community had tra...