{"id":254314,"date":"2023-08-01T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=254314"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:23:45","slug":"in-the-wilderness-forest-bill-defeats-purpose-of-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/in-the-wilderness-forest-bill-defeats-purpose-of-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"In the wilderness: Forest Bill defeats purpose of the law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cIn the wilderness: Forest Bill defeats purpose of the law<\/strong>\u201d published in Business standard<\/strong> on 1st August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus:<\/strong> GS 3 – Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> Last week, the Lok Sabha passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, which makes significant changes to the original law.<\/p>\n

What are the major changes to the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Renaming the law in Hindi:<\/strong> This might exclude non-Hindi speaking regions, especially the northeast.<\/p>\n

Exemptions for Forest Land:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alongside rail lines or public roads leading to habitation or amenities up to 1,000 sq. metres.<\/p>\n

Within 100 km of international borders for “national importance” projects.<\/p>\n

Up to 10 hectares for security-related infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Up to 5 hectares in areas with left-wing extremism.<\/p>\n

Land not marked as forest on government records after October 25, 1980.<\/p>\n

Limiting the Act: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Only applies to land notified before October 25, 1980. This challenges the 1996 Supreme Court’s Godavarman judgment.<\/p>\n

Definition Changes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Includes man-made constructions like zoos, safari parks, and eco-tourism under forestry activities.<\/p>\n

Power to Central Government: <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bill gives more powers to the central government, even though forests were included in the Concurrent List of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

What are the implications of this change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Decreased Forest Cover:<\/strong> Exemptions can reduce India’s forest area.<\/p>\n

Biodiversity at Risk:<\/strong> Relaxations threaten fragile ecosystems, like the Aravalli hills.<\/p>\n

Indigenous Communities:<\/strong> Changes may infringe on the land and rights of these communities, especially in the northeast and central India.<\/p>\n

Legal Conflicts:<\/strong> Limits challenge the 1996 Supreme Court’s Godavarman judgment.<\/p>\n

Zoos and Parks:<\/strong> They aren’t natural forests but are now under forestry activities.<\/p>\n

Tensions in Governance:<\/strong> More central government power could strain relations with states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIn the wilderness: Forest Bill defeats purpose of the law\u201d published in Business standard on 1st August 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment News: Last week, the Lok Sabha passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, which makes significant changes to… Continue reading In the wilderness: Forest Bill defeats purpose of the law<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,59,216],"class_list":["post-254314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702901482},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}