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New rules to make FRA effective
@KumarSambhav_S Issue Date: Jul 21, 2012
In a much awaited move meant to ensure effective enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, the Union tribal affairs ministry has proposed amendments to the rules under it.
Tribals, forest department at loggerheads over tendu leaves
Issue Date: May 29, 2012
Tribal residents of village Bod in Baitul district of Madhya Pradesh have refused to hand over three truck-loads of tendu leaves gathered by them to the forest department, demanding that they be paid Rs 250 for 100 bundles of leaves instead of the Rs 75 they are being paid now.
Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines
Issue Date: Feb 10, 2012
Within days of declaring that the auction of tendu units will be cancelled in case of forest fires, the Maharashtra state forest department has decided to relax the rules. The move came after angry tendu contractors boycotted the auctions of the units. At the auctions held at the department’s office in Nagpur on January 30 not a single tender was received.
Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires
Issue Date: Feb 1, 2012
Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to ban collection and sale of tendu leaves in areas where forest fires occur. The state forest department’s latest tender notice for tendu collection contracts issued on January 17 features a clause that tendu contractors and gram panchayats will be responsible for preventing and extinguishing of fires in tendu units (areas where tendu grows) from January 15 to June 15 every year.
