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Impact of Forest Act, 1980 on developmental activities
New Delhi: August 16, 2004

Lok Sabha

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 is a regulatory Act, not prohibitory. The Act provides for judicious non-forestry use of forest land irrespective of the area being tribal or non-tribal. Since 1980, permission for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes under the Act has been granted in respect of more than 11,000 developmental projects.

As far as the tribal areas are concerned, the Central government is committed for the development of the tribal villages at par with revenue villages and, therefore, has issued Guidelines on 18th September 1990, for conversion of forest villages into revenue villages under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. So far, 384 forest villages involving forest area of about 34024 hectare have been converted into revenue villages in respect of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. About 85 per cent population of these forest villages is tribal.

Further, one time clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 has been granted in respect of projects like underground drinking water supply, electricity, telephone lines etc. in tribal areas. In respect of big projects, guidelines have been issued on 20th October 2003 under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to set aside 5 per cent project cost for development of indigenous skills of tribals, providing of basic amenities and services like education, health and sports facilities etc.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment And Forests Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question from Shri Lalchandra Kol in the Lok Sabha today.

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