Govt notifies 21-member group to help draft rules on forest bill

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:44 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) The government today notified a 21-member technical support group to draft rules for implementation of the forest bill.

The team will be headed by retired IAS officer S R Shankaran, according to an official release.

The technical support group was set up in the wake of the enactment of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 in January for carrying out the provisions of the Act.

As per the guidelines, the Technical Support Group shall prepare the draft rules for carrying out the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 within a period of three months and submit the same to the government.

The Technical Support Group shall meet and prepare its action plan for drafting the proposed rules, the relese added.

UNI

Topics: ADMINISTRATION-FOREST BILL-GROUP

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