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Can forest clearance grantees have their names added in record of rights, MoEF&CC asks states - Nihar Gokhale and Mukta Joshi

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The environment ministry on February 22 wrote to all states, seeking their views on the matter, according to documents

Does granting forest clearance to an agency lead to its name entering land title records? The Union environment ministry recently asked this to all states and Union territories.

The letter dated February 22, 2021 from Assistant Inspector General of Forests Suneet Bhardwaj came on the back of repeated requests by the Himachal Pradesh government since 2018.

The Himachal government had asked the Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to clarify whether the names of user agencies who had received clearances to clear forests and set up projects could be entered in the record of rights for that land.

Such records are maintained by village Panchayats for every surveyed land parcel and typically contain details such as the names of landowners, tenants and how the land is used.

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