This notification, S.O. 1096(E), issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Headquarters Division, dated February 28, 2019, amends a previous notification regarding the Forest Conservation Act of 1980. Specifically, it modifies paragraph 3 of notification S.O. 879(E), dated February 14, 2019, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection ii. The amendment clarifies that the terms and conditions for appointing non-official members are specified in rule 4 of the relevant rules. Furthermore, the tenure of the non-official members of the Regional Empowered Committee takes effect from the expiry date of the previous notification, S.O. 480(E), dated February 16, 2017, also published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection ii. The responsible officer for this notification is Saibal Dasgupta, Additional Director General of Forests, Forest Conservation, and the file number is F. No. 621/2014/ROHQ.
Key Entities Referenced
Forest Conservation Act, 1980: A law enacted by the Parliament of India to provide for the conservation of forests and to regulate the diversion of forest lands for non-forest purposes.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: A ministry in the Government of India responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating and overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes.
New Delhi: The capital city of India, where the notification was issued.
Regional Empowered Committee: A committee whose nonofficial members' tenure is being addressed in the notification.
S.O. 879 E: An earlier notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection ii, dated the 14th February, 2019, which is being amended.
S.O. 480E: An earlier notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection ii, dated the 16th February, 2017, related to the tenure of nonofficial members.
Saibal Dasgupta: Additional Director General of Forests, Forest Conservation. The signatory of the notification.
February 28, 2019: Date of the notification.
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1365 GI/2019 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(REGIONAL OFFICES HEADQUARTERS DIVISION)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th February, 2019
—
S.O. 1096(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 (69 of 1980), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in
the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 879 (E),
dated the 14th February, 2019, namely:-
2. In the said notification, paragraph 3 may be read as under:-
“The terms and conditions of appointment of non-official members shall be specified in rule 4 of the
said rules. The tenure of the non-official members of the Regional Empowered Committee is with
effect from the date of expiry of earlier notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 480(E), dated the 16th February, 2017”
[F. No. 6-21/ 2014- ROHQ]
SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Addl. Director General of Forests (Forest Conservation)
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