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The second environmental bill - the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 - is expected to spark a bigger political debate. Both bills had to be referred to the joint committee of Parliament amid Opposition objections. In the case of the latter, Congress objected that it wasnt sent to the departmental standing committee.

The KFS needs to explain to the public that only plantation trees can be logged with a licence and that it is not allowed to invade gazetted forests.

While the Congress today ended the suspense over the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, the government too is preparing hard for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.

The committee adopted its original draft on Tuesday without suggesting major changes. As many as six members of the 31-member panel, two each from Congress, Trinamool and DMK have given dissent notes on the report. Responding to the queries regarding exemption given for strategic projects on LAC/LoC/international borders, the ministry is learnt to have clarified to the panel that the exemption will be allowed only for specific "linear projects of strategic importance" and will not be a...

The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) commenced its flagship one-week compulsory training course on Forest Certification for Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officers from 10 states and union territories with diverse experience. The course focuses on the opportunities and challenges of a

They say the circumstances that informed the ban on logging in 2018 are still valid today

Harsh Chouhan is a tribal leader from the state; Congress targets Centre over the issue

Modi spoke on trips to US, Egypt; urges ministers to take upcoming G20 Summit seriously.

Session from July 20; Bill to replace Govt of NCT of Delhi ordinance also likely The upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, scheduled to commence on July 20, is expected to be stormy as it may witness the introduction of contentious legislative proposals, including the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

Opposition unity to be tested over voting on the Bill to replace the Delhi ordinance; Govt to highlight PM Modi's foreign visits