Forest Management Through Panchayats

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Environment & Forests are working out modalities to establish appropriate linkages on issues related to Forests and Gram Panchayats.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Dr. C. P. Joshi in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today whether the Government is giving control of forest management to the panchayats and the details thereof alongwith the steps taken in this regard.

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