Forests

Govt plea in SC to end forest land row

Govt plea in SC to end forest land row

Residents of buildings on private forest land in Mumbai and Thane may have won half the battle against the decision to term their buildings illegal.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2008
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forests, Land Acquisition, Forest Act 1980, Supreme Court, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Forests

Forest dept says Patiala MC usurped its land

Patiala, October 03 Government officials have reportedly usurped and later tried to auction Forest Department land measuring 52 kanal in Jhill village.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Forest Act 1980, Municipal Corporations, Supreme Court, Patiala (D)
Forests

Forest land issue: SC adjourns hearing, awaits BMC affidavit

Mumbai, August 29 Government says issue be referred to Central Empowerment Committee
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on the forest land case for six weeks. The homes of nearly 5 lakh citizens of suburban Mumbai were recently declared

Publication Date: 
30/08/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Forest Act 1980, Supreme Court, High Court, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Forests

The compensatory afforestation fund bill, 2008

A bill to provide for the establishment of a Fund and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, Net Present Value and all other amounts recovered from such agencies under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; constitution of an Authority for administration of the Fund and to utilise the monies

Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Act 1980, Afforestation, India
Forests

Tribals should not be deprived of right to forest l