OBJECTION OVERRULED; FOREST BILL GOES TO HOUSE UNCHANGED.

Question 1

Forest
(Conservaton) Act,

Answer 1

1980

Question 2

. A 31-member joint
commitee on the Forest (Conservaton) Amendment Bill, 2023, chaired by ……. was set up and the bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament ahead of the monsoon
session on July 20.

Answer 2

BJP MP Rajendra aggrawal

Question 3

The Act empowers the
Centre to require that any forest land diverted for non-forestry purposes be duly
compensated.

Question 4

India’s total forest cover rose to
………………. from 2001 to 2021

Answer 4

38,251 sq. km

Question 5

The bill proposal to change the name of the 1980 law from the Forest (Conservaton) Act to
………………….., which literally translates to Forest
(Conservaton and Augmentaton) Act

Answer 5

Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam

Question 6

‘Diluton’ of the Supreme Court’s 1996 judgment in the Godavarman case that extended
protecton to wide tracts of forests, even if they were not recorded as forests.

Question 7

The word ‘forest’ is not defned in any Central Forest Act, namely the Indian Forest Act
(1927), or the Forest Conservaton Act (1980).

Question 8

……………is home to the largest area of forest – 815 million hectares

Answer 8

russia

Question 9

The largest patch of forest in the world is the …….

Answer 9

the Amazon rain forest

Question 10

……………………..also called the Monsoon forests occupies highest percentage
of area in India.

Answer 10

Tropical Deciduous Forests,

Question 11

Forests are included in the………………in the (Seventh Schedule) of the Constitution
of India.

Answer 11

cconcurrent list

Question 12

: Policies Governing India’s Forests

Answer 12

*Indian Forest Policy, 1952
*Forest Conservaton Act, 1980
*Natonal Forest Policy, 1988
*Natonal Aforestaton Programme
*Wildlife Protecton Act of 1972
*Environment Protecton Act of 1986
*Biodiversity Diversity Act of 2002
*Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditonal Forest Dwellers
(Recogniton of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

Question 13

*India is home to…….. of the
world’s forest cover

Answer 13

2 %

Question 14

largest patch of forest in india

Answer 14

Sundarbans mangrove forest

Question 15

………………… is the premier
research insttute in India for forestry and allied sciences.

Answer 15

Forest Research Insttute in Dehradun

Question 16

The Indian government has set a target of increasing the
forest cover to ……….. of the country’s land area by 2030

Answer 16

33 %

Question 17

*India also ranks ………..globally in average annual net forest
area gains in the last decade

Answer 17

third

Question 18

Undemarcated Protected Forests are
also called the …………..

Answer 18

orange area

Question 19

aboliton of the zamindari system in……

Answer 19

1951

Question 20

Total Forest and Tree cover is …… of the geographical area of the country

Answer 20

24.62 %

The Total Forest cover is 7,13,789 sq km which is 21.71% of the geographical area of
the country.
The Tree cover is 2.91% of the geographical area of the country

Question 21

The top fve states in terms of increase in forest cover:

Answer 21

o Andhra Pradesh>Telangana>Odisha>Karnataka>Jharkhand.

Question 22

Largest forest cover in India:

Answer 22

: Madhya Pradesh > Arunachal Pradesh > Chhatsgarh > Odisha
> Maharashtra

Question 23

The states from the North eastern region of the country have the highest percentage of
forest cover w.r.t. total geographical area of the state.

Answer 23

.
o Mizoram (84.53%) > Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%) > Meghalaya (76.00%) > Manipur
(74.34%) > Nagaland (73.90%).

Question 24

States showing loss in forest cover:

Answer 24

Arunachal Pradesh > Manipur > Nagaland > Mizoram >
Meghalaya.

Question 25

There has been a net increase of 1,540 sq km in the Forest Cover at the natonal level

Question 26

Natonal Forest Policy,

Answer 26

1988

Question 28

The Ministry of Environment is implementng three major schemes for forest
development:

Answer 28

the Natonal Aforestaton Programme (NAP), the Natonal Mission
for a Green India (GIM), and the Forest Fire Preventon and Management
Scheme (FFPM)

Question 29

*Natonal Mission for a Green
India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions under
the Natonal Acton Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
*GIM was launched in the year ………… as a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme.

Answer 29

2004