- Realistic tiered timelines to grant forest clearances depending on requirement of forest land and Explanation by state governments in case of delay along with appropriate action against the responsible officials.
- More relaxed and shorter forest clearance procedure for exploratory/prospecting projects. Earlier these projects through entire forest clearance procedure as full-fledged mining projects
- Under new rules the total timeline including at central and state levels is 140 days for diversion of forest land up to 5ha and it goes up to 300days for projects involving forest land diversion more than 100ha
- CPM opposed these rules saying that the MoEF is trying to circumvent Forest Rights Act and give all powers to bureaucracy as against gram sabhas with regard to settlement of rights involved in projects that require diversions of forest land
This blog is meant for UPSC/MPSC aspirants. It is full of important facts useful for these exam.
Friday, January 10, 2014
MOEF SET TO NOTIFY NEW FOREST CONSERVATION RULES 2013 REPLACING 2003 RULES
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