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UPSC Prelims 2019 Paper-1 📅 02 Jun, 2019

Consider the following statements:
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?

A
1 and 2 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
3 only
D
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC Prelims
2019 • 02 Jun, 2019 • Paper-1
Consider the following statements:
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
2 and 3 only
Statement 1 Analysis: Incorrect. The recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act (in 2017) removed bamboo grown on *non-forest* areas from the definition of 'tree......
Ref/Book : UPSC Prelims 2019
Ref. Subject Environment
Chapter -
Ref. Topic Environmental Legislations
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💡 Analysis & Explanation
Statement 1 Analysis ▼
Incorrect. The recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act (in 2017) removed bamboo grown on *non-forest* areas from the definition of 'tree', exempting it from felling and transit permits. It did not give a blanket right to freely fell bamboo grown within designated *forest* areas.
Statement 2 Analysis ▼
Correct. The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 explicitly classifies bamboo, along with tendu leaves, stumps, and canes, under the legal definition of 'minor forest produce' (MFP).
Statement 3 Analysis ▼
Correct. The FRA 2006 legally vests the right of ownership, access to collect, use, and dispose of minor forest produce in the forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.
Conclusion ▼
Statements 2 and 3 are correct.
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