Key Highlights of the National Forest Policy 2016

Green Tax on Citizens:

  • The draft National Forest Policy (NFP) proposes the levy of a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes.
  • The budget of the forestry sector should be appropriately enhanced so that the objectives enshrined in this policy can be achieved.
  • Environmental cess, green tax, carbon tax may be levied on certain products and services for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, garnering citizen’s contribution and supplementing financial resources.

Draft Policy Undermines the Forest Rights Act:

  • NFP ignores Forests Rights Act, 2006, which empowers local gram panchayats, especially in ....
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