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"In March 2023 the #Forest #Conservation Amendment bill was plaed before the LokSabha. Ms Prakriti Srivastava,IFS (PCCF #Kerala) & I jointly wrote a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, link provided at the end of the (long) thread. 1/n
highlighting the imp pts:
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
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Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
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b) Undoes many provisions of the existing #ForestConservationAct; c) dilutes the 202/1996 #SupremeCourt ‘Godavarman’ #judgement, overturns its #conservation gains
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
Thread on Crony Capitalism and BJP:
Baba #Ramdev comes out supporting BJP in #HaryanaAssemblyPolls. Reminder: M L Khattar's BJP state govt has helped Ramdev and his Patanjali group make a killing - illegally turning his dubious purchase of #Aravalli hills into real-estate gold.
Baba #Ramdev comes out supporting BJP in #HaryanaAssemblyPolls. Reminder: M L Khattar's BJP state govt has helped Ramdev and his Patanjali group make a killing - illegally turning his dubious purchase of #Aravalli hills into real-estate gold.
1. #Patanjali Investigations Part1: #Ramdev's business group has acquired and privatised huge parts of village commons in #Aravalli hills of Haryana. Exposing the group's illegal & dubious real-estate deals. Part 1 of 3. With @Kum_Sambhav :
business-standard.com/article/curren…
business-standard.com/article/curren…
#Patanjali Investigations Part2: Baba Ramdev's group has a web of zero/near-zero revenue companies to buy forested hilly commons in Aravallis of Haryana worth crores. And, how real estate dealers are part of this web. @Kum_Sambhav and I unravel the maze business-standard.com/article/curren…
This beauty represents #Jaipur for me:everything of #PinkCity. It is #handpainted on #Jaigarh one of Jaipur’s 3 #Fort complexes.The pics #highlight #skill #technology #craftsmanship of transforming #india’s oldest mountain range, #Aravallis, into liveable, secure &beautiful homes
From #organic #sustainable #livelihoods to #rainwaterharvesting to #spaces serving #functional and highly #aesthetic purposes, have made the #hillforts of #Rajasthan some of the most favourites of a large #global #travelling population since decades #Jaipur #environmental #UNESCO
A mega #confluence of #cultures, #languages #communities #religious thoughts #colours #textures are visible ion #frescopaintings #handcarved screens or #jaalis & #coppergates that created #Amer, #Jaigarh #Nahargarh (meaning as-strong-as-lion) &finally Jaipur nearly 400years ago
