T.N. Meeting passes Invoice to amend Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 to expedite strategy of allotting compensatory afforestation lands as reserved forests

The Tamil Nadu Meeting on Saturday handed a Invoice to additional amend the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, to expedite the method of allotting compensatory afforestation lands as reserved forests.

The Invoice, moved by Forest Minister Okay. Ponmudy, mentioned the procedures prescribed in Part 4 to 16 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1882) for declaring any land as reserved forest (similar as protected forest) had been elaborate and time consuming and the federal government has determined to make a particular provision on the traces of Part 16A of the Act.

He defined that each time any forest land was used for non-forest functions, the person company ought to present particular extent of land for the aim of compensatory afforestation. “Additional, as per the rules issued on January 24, 2023, by the Authorities of India on the accredited compensatory afforestation, the mentioned compensatory afforestation land needs to be declared as protected inside the timeframe,” he mentioned.

The Invoice additionally seeks to delegate powers of the federal government to situation notification below Part 16 of the mentioned Act to an officer of the Income division not under the rank of District Collector by amending Part 65 of the Act.