Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Amendment Rules, 2024

6098 GI/202 4 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 540] NEW DE LHI, FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 20, 2024/BHADRA 29, 1946 CG-DL-E-20092024-257289 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th September, 2024 G.S.R. 582(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) of section 4 of the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 (69 of 1980), the Central Government hereby makes the following rule s to further amend the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023, namely: — 1. Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In rule 13 of the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules ), in sub - rule (1), for the third, fourth, and fifth proviso, the following proviso, shall be substituted, namely : — “Provided also in exceptional circumstances when the suitable land required for compensatory afforestation under this sub -rule is not available, the compensatory afforestation may be considered on degraded forest land which is twice in extent to the area proposed to be diverted in case of the Central Government agencies or Central Public Sector Undertakings or captive coal blocks of State Public Sector Undertakings on a case to case basis ”. 3. In Schedule -II to the said rules, in the table, — (i) The entries against serial number 2, under the brackets and words “( This dispensation is allowed to certain proposals of Central Government and State Government or Union territory Administration only.) ” shall be omitted ; (ii) The entries against serial number 3, under the brackets and words “(This dispensation is in case of State Public Sector Undertakings for captive coal blocks on case to case basis and Central Government Agencies/Central Public Sector Undertakings on case to case basis involving no acquisition of non -forest land)” shall be omitted. [F. No. FC - 11/111/2024 -FC] RAMESH KUMAR PANDEY , Inspector General of Forest s Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub -section (i), vide number G.S.R. 869(E), dated the 29th November, 2023 . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.