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Government of India
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(FC Division)
Pa"'ryavaran Bhawan,.
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CGO Complex, Lodhi Road.

New Delhi - 11 0510
Dated: 3"d May, 2013
To

The Principal Secretary (Forests),

All State / Union Territory Governments
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Sub: Guidelines for. diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes under the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 - Modification in para 2.8 thereof.

Sir,

I aIl1 directed to say that it has come to the notice of this Ivlinistry that in some cases approval
under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 have been sought and obtained for diversion of forest land
in favour of Central Government Departments/undertakings by availing concessions applicable to
theln but later on, those approvals have been, or are, proposed to be transferred in favour of th::: user
"gencies other than the Central Government or Central Government Undertakings.
This Ministry after detailed examination of this matter hereby decides that to deal with such
cases the following shall be added in para 2.8 of the guidelines issued under the Forest (Conservation)
Act. 1980:
"Prm'ided tluzt in case transfer of lease 'is from Central Govern1llentjCentmi G01'ernlllflli
Lindertaking to n IIser agency olher thal1 Ihe Central GOl'ernnzent/Gentml G01'emllle1!t Lll1tiertnkillg,
flte proposal seekilIg npprozl111 llnder the Act will be examined by ·the Celltral Gm 1er1llllent afresh. The
C~l'tm!. G(J1IenIl11l!llf lIfter examination of the proposal and tlze conditions stipulated il1 tIU'I1f?III-o"['t7!
accorded IIlIder tlzt' Act, shall modify tile conditions stipulated in the npJ~ol!fI1crde ill jtr110llf of lite
Ccntml GOUL'rI1IJ1Cllt /Centritl Government undertaking rind/or slwll stirnill1fe additioNal cOliditioll(::;),
so as to ensure tlIn! the special concessions admissible to tlte Central G07.)ernmentjCelllml GOl!eJ'Jlll/ellf
Undertakings nre not extwded to the user agency to ",/zom the lense is proposed to be trnllsjenwl."
This issues with the approval of the Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Chargl') for
Envirnnlnent and Forests.
Yours faithfuliy,

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(H.C. Chaudhary)
Assistant Inspector General of Forests
Copy to:~
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, all State/Union Territory Governments.
Nodal Officer, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, all State/UT Governments.
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All Regional Offices, Ministry.'Of Environment & Forests (MoEF).
4. Joint Secreh-ay in-charge, Impact Assessment Division, MoEF.

5. All Assistant Inspector General of Forests and the DirectoTs in the Forest COJ;tse~vaion Division,
MoEF.
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Director RO. (HQ), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Neo/ Delhi.

Monitoring Cell, Forest Conservation Division, MoEF with a request to place a copy on website
of the MoEF.
8. Sr. PPS to the Secretray, Environment and Forests.
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Sr. PPS to the Director General of Forests &~pecial Secretray, MoEF,
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Sr. prs to Addl. Dire~to General of Forests (Forest Conservation), MoEF.
11. PS to the Inspector General of Forests (Forest Conservation), MoEF.
12. Guard.File.

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