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Forest (Conservation) Rules - 2022
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- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022.
- It is conferred by Section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
- Also, it is the supersession of the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003.
Provisions
- It aims to constitute an advisory committee, a regional empowered committee and a screening committee at the State/UT.
- It will examine all the linear projects (e.g., roads, highways, etc) involving land up to 40 hectares and the use of forest land up to 0.7 canopy density.
- A fixed time for quicker review of each project.
- States are given the responsibility of settling forest rights of forest dwellers (Forest Rights Act, 2006) and allowing diversion of forest land.
- For projects involving a larger area, the committee gets some more time — 120 days for non-mining projects involving more than 100 hectares and 150 days for mining projects.
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