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Bamboo not a tree anymore as president clears ordinance amending forest law

By Champions'Square Institute

• President ‘Ram Nath Kovind’ has cleared an ordinance amending the Indian Forest Act, 1927, omitting bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the definition of trees.
• Earlier, the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved the promulgation of the Ordinance on amendment of Section 2 (7) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
• This would help in exempting it trees that need permits for felling or transportation.

Note:

• Bamboo grown in forest areas shall continue to be governed by the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
• The ordinance omits bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the definition of trees, thereby exempting it from requiring permits for felling or transportation.