MAHARASHTRA FOREST DEPARTMENT-Nodal Cell

Handbook

Published by

Ministry of Environment & Forest Government of India Containing

- Forest (conservation) Act, 1980

(with amendments made in 1988)

- Forest (conservation) Rules, 2003

(with amendments made in 2004)

- Guidelines & Clarifications

(upto June 2004)


Part	Subject	Page No.
A.	Forests (Conservation) Act, 1980 with amendments made in 1988	1-2
B.	Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003 with amendments made in 2004	3-18
C.	Guidelines & Clarification.
Chapter-1 :	Application of Forest ( Conservation) Act, 1980	19-23
Chapter-2 :	Submission of Proposals	24-30
Chapter-3 :	Compensatory Afforestation	31-34
Chapter-4 :	Some Clarifications	35-41
Chapter-5 :	Conditions Stipulated in forestry clearances	42-42

Annexures
I	Supreme Court Orders	45-45
II A,B&c	Supreme Court Orders	46-48
III	Law Department's advice with regard to mining leases	49-49
IV & IV-A	Regularisation of encroachments on forests lands	50-53
IV-B & IV-C	Review of disputed claims over forest lands	54-57
IV-D	Conversion of forest villages into revenue villages	58-59
V	Guidelines for laying of transmission lines	60-60
VI	Cost-benefit analysis	61-63
VII	Proforma for State/District Profile	64-64
VIII	Guidelines for participation of private sector	65-66
IX	Guidelines for cluster mining proposals	67-67
X	Proforma for site-inspection by Regional Office	68-68

	Appendices- Specific Guidelines issued after 04.05.2001
1.	Letter for suspension of mining leases in National Park/Sanctuaries	71-71
2.	Eviction of illegal encroachment on forest lands	72-73
3.	Eviction of illegal encroachment on forest lands-clarification	74-74
4.	Clarification regarding rejection of proposal	75-75
5 A & 5B.	Guidelines for Collection of Net Present Value of forest lands	76-77
6.	Extension of general approval for specific projects	76-77
7.	Notification authorizing RCCF to proceed against offences	79-79
8.	Letter to State/UT Governments for revised Guidelines	80-82
9.	Guidelines for development projects in tribal areas	83-85
10.	Letter for suspension of mining leases in National Park/Sanctuaries	86-86
11.	Clarification regarding applicability of new proforma of proposal	87-87
12.	Clarification regarding declaration of non-forest land as RF/PF	88-88
13.	Guidelines for stepping up of process for conversion of forest villages into
	revenue villages	89-90
14.	Guideline for regularization of the rights of the tribals on forest lands	91-92
15.	Clarification regarding Supreme Court's Orders dated 13.11.2000 in Writ	93-93

	Petition (C) No. 337 of 1995
16.	Notification of CAMPA dated 23 April, 2004	94-99
17.	Guidelines for utilisation of Wind Energy	100-103
18.	Clarification regarding net Present Value	104-104
19.	New guidelines for Vanya Silk Cultivation (Tusser Cultivation)	105-108
Note (1) The implementation of Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2004 notified on 3-2-2004 & 9-2-2004 ( pages 14-18- of this handbook) have been stayed by the Supreme Court vide their order dated: 23-2-2004 in IA No. 1126 in IA No. 703 of 2000 in Writ Petition (C) No. 2002 of 1995. (2) The implementation of guidelines for "Regularization of the rights of the tribals on forest lands" issued vide MoEF" letter No. 2-1/2003-FC (Pt) dated- 5.2.2004 ( Appendix-14) has been stayed by the Supreme Court vide their order dated- 23.2.2004 in IA No. 1126 in IA No. 703 of 2000 in WP (C) No. 202 of 1995.