Q. With reference to Bamboo cultivation in India, consider the following statements:
1.Growing or cutting bamboo outside the forests is prohibited in India.
2.India is the world’s second largest cultivator of bamboo after China.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
- Statement 1 is incorrect: Following the amendment in the Indian Forest Act, 1927, bamboo was removed from the category of tree in 2017. Now there is no prohibition on growing or cutting bamboo trees even outside the forests.
- Statement 2 is correct: Around 80 per cent of bamboo forests lie in Asia with India, China and Myanmar having 19.8 million hectares of bamboo. India is the world’s second largest cultivator of bamboo after China, with 136 species and 23 genera spread over 13.96 million hectares.
Source: Article
