1.As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas.
2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Solution:As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, 'Bamboo' plant growing on non-forest areas are exempted from definition of tree. According to the changed law (Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017) felling or transportation of bamboo grown on non-forest areas is legally permitted.Hence statement 1 is incorrect. Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is defined under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, as all non-timber forest produce of plant origin including bamboo.
Hence statement 2 is correct. The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Hence statement 3 is also correct.
So option (b) will be the correct answer.