“Stroke of the pen” reform is critical as in many cases policy is dastardly and change is laggardly. The essential element is to find that big-ticket item that can have impact on a scale and at a pace that is needed. I believe Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh’s letter addressed to all chief ministers clarifying that bamboo is indeed a grass and not timber, is such an item.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/big-idea-change-bamboo-grass
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sunita-narain
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grasses
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corruption
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anna-hazare
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-participation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/paper-and-pulp-industry
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
