Indian Forest Act Amendment Draft Finalised
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has finalised the first draft of the comprehensive amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (IFA). The 123-page draft provides definitions to important terms that were missing from the law. The amendments have been proposed based on the inputs of a core committee Inspector General of Forests (Forest Policy) Noyal Thomas
Highlights of the New Draft
Definition of Community: The amendment defines communityas “a group of persons specified on the basis of government records living in a specific locality and in joint possession and enjoyment of common property resources, without regard ....
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