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Forest management panels to come under Gram Sabha


In a bid to give local communities a key role in managing forest resources, the Forest Department's smallest unit at the grassroots-level will now report to panchayati-raj institutions instead.

In a letter to all Chief Ministers on Friday, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh directed State governments to amend State acts and rules to bring all Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) under the supervision of Gram Sabhas.

This means that the village leaders of the Gram Sabha will get control of the Rs.1,000 crore of forestry-related funding that is currently routed through the nation's one lakh JFMCs. “The manner in which the development funds of the JFMCs are used should be approved by the Gram Sabha,” says Mr. Ramesh's letter.

He also directed that JFMCs be recognised as organs of the Gram Sabha and act as its standing committees for issues related to minor forest produce, social forestry and farm forestry. While JFMCs were meant to include the views of all stakeholders, they are headed by Forest Department officials.