The 123 page draft defines the important issues that are missing in the original law.
This draft has been prepared on the basis of the input of a core committee formed by the Ministry of Mines. In this case, the Van IG (Forest Policy) Noel Thomas had sent a letter to all the states on March 7 seeking their opinion. All states have to consult with all stakeholders such as non-profit organizations and members of the civil society and by June 7, the responses should be sent to the ministry.
The revised draft defines the community as a group of individuals based on the joint ownership of living in a specific area and resources without discriminating between caste, religion, caste, language and culture.
In the draft, defining forests has been said that it is a land which has been registered as a government or private or institutional land or notified in any official document in the form of forest land. Also, which is managed by the government or community in the form of forests and mangroves. Apart from this, it has also been said that it is also included in the forest land which declares forest land under the state or central government act.
In the introduction of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, it has been said that the Act is centered on laws relating to carrying and producing forest produce. The amendment has focused on the conservation, promotion and sustainable management of forest resources. In addition to climate change and international commitment, importance of forest ecological services has been given.
The amendments of the Act mainly deal with the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). The amendments said that if the State Government, after consulting with the Central Government, feels that the efforts of the FRA will be hampered by the rights received by the FRA, then the state will be able to pay money in return or in other ways. Can provide land in order to safeguard the interests of forest dependent people.
A new category of forests was also included in the amendment, which is called productive forest. These include forests which will be helpful in achieving specific objectives of increasing production in the country in order to increase the production of timber, pulp, firewood, non-wood forest produce, medicinal plants or country for a specified period.
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