Enacted 1980Environment & LandShowcase
वन संरक्षण अधिनियम
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
A short statute that places a federal check on de-reservation and diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. Just five operative sections, but each one carries far-reaching consequences for States, project developers and forest-dependent communities.
- Sections
- 5
- Chapters
- 1
- Tier
- Tier 1
- Commenced
- Deemed to have come into force on 25 October 1980
Preamble
What this Act sets out to do
An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Table of contents
Chapters
Source
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About this Act
Quick facts
- Year
- 1980
- Sections
- 5
- Chapters
- 1
- Tier
- Tier 1
Amendments
- 1988Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 1988 — Inserted Section 1A (extension to J&K), expanded Section 2 to also cover clearance of naturally-grown trees and assignment of forest land by way of lease, and added Sections 3A (penalty) and 3B (offences by Government departments). The user's source PDF predates these amendments.
- 2023Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 — amendment — Renamed the Act and carved out specified exemptions (linear projects in border areas, defence-related projects, etc.) from the prior-approval requirement under Section 2.