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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS): Several members from the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, and the DMK have sent dissent notes to the joint Parliamentary committee on the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023, expressing concern over the provision in the p
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sought to insert a preamble
The Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 will be presented during the Monsoon session of the Parliament which is likely to begin today. State governments including Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand,...
The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023, which will be tabled during India's monsoon session of Parliament, have been criticised for potentially harming the country's ecosystems and biodiversity. While joint parliamentary committees have cleared the amendments, concerns persist that they could undermine environmental protection and development.
Four Opposition party Members of Parliament- who were on the panel- Congress MPs Pradyut Bordoloi and Phulodevi Netam, Trinamool Congress Jawahar Sircar and DMKs R Girirajan – have expressed their dissent in writing to provisions in the draft Bill.