Three cheers for democracy

Important bills are better dropped than approved without parliamentary debate THE government failed to push through Rajya Sabha three critical bills that had been cleared by the lower house of Parliament recently. The upper house rejected government bills on land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, and compensatory afforestation. These bills address natural resources

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Parliament, Political Parties, India, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA) , Land Acquisition
Forests

 Bills journey

2000: Intervention application filed before the SC bench hearing forest case of 1995. It pointed out irregularities in compensatory afforestation. March 2002: MoEF drafts scheme for compensatory afforestation. April 2004: CAMPA notification issued but not implemented May 2006: SC directs setting up ad hoc CAMPA. May 5, 2008: CAMPA Bill, 2008, introduced in Lok Sabha

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Afforestation, Finance, Legislation, Supreme Court, Parliament, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA)

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