(continued)
Sl. No
State
Rules and other
8
Haryana
• Punjab land preservation Act, 1900 is applicable in
Aravalli and Shivalik
• No transit rules for agro-forestry spp. In remaining
area
• Tree felling is banned without permission from Forest
Department
• Species exempted eucalyptus and poplar, Ailanthus,
Melia azadirach and M. composata, bamboo and
mulberry Saw Milling Rules as per direction of
Hou’ble Supreme Court applicable since 2006
• No TP required for Eucalyptus, Poplar and Mango etc.
• Forest Corporation revises rates every six months for
minimum support price. Market rates are better for
farmers
• No registration of tree plantations of farmers is
required
9
Madhya Pradesh
• Vide Gazette Notification no. F.30-40-95-X.3 date
13.12.2000 the Madhya Pradesh Transit (Forest
Produce) Rules 2000
• The transit pass will be issued by the Panchayat on the
recommendations of the Panchayat Level Committee
for the species Babool, siris, Neem, Ber, Palas, Jawan,
Rennjha, Bamboo (except in the districts of Khandwa,
Betul, Hoshangabad, Harda, Chhindwara, Seoni,
Balaghat, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Dindori, Shahdol)
• Transit pass for the species other than those mentioned
above is to be issued by Forest Officer on
recommendations of Panchayat level Committee
• Transport of privately owned timber under the Lok
Vaniki Mission requires the procedures mentioned
above
• Registration in the office of DFO is required for the
forest produce to be transported
• Gram Panchayat will issue the transit pass for
transporting the forest produce within district and the
adjoining districts for the other destinations the transit
pass is required to be issued by a Forest officer
• The tree species exempted from transit pass for
transport are Neelgiri, Casuarina, Subabul, Poplar,
Israili Babul, Vilayati Babul
• No transit pass shall be required for the removal of any
forest produce for bonafide domestic consumption by
any person and such forest produce which is exempted
by the State Government from the operation of these
Rules
• No transit pass is required for removal of mineral from
forest for which transit pass is not compulsory under
these Rules
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Sl. No
State
Rules and other
8
Haryana
• Punjab land preservation Act, 1900 is applicable in
Aravalli and Shivalik
• No transit rules for agro-forestry spp. In remaining
area
• Tree felling is banned without permission from Forest
Department
• Species exempted eucalyptus and poplar, Ailanthus,
Melia azadirach and M. composata, bamboo and
mulberry Saw Milling Rules as per direction of
Hou’ble Supreme Court applicable since 2006
• No TP required for Eucalyptus, Poplar and Mango etc.
• Forest Corporation revises rates every six months for
minimum support price. Market rates are better for
farmers
• No registration of tree plantations of farmers is
required
9
Madhya Pradesh
• Vide Gazette Notification no. F.30-40-95-X.3 date
13.12.2000 the Madhya Pradesh Transit (Forest
Produce) Rules 2000
• The transit pass will be issued by the Panchayat on the
recommendations of the Panchayat Level Committee
for the species Babool, siris, Neem, Ber, Palas, Jawan,
Rennjha, Bamboo (except in the districts of Khandwa,
Betul, Hoshangabad, Harda, Chhindwara, Seoni,
Balaghat, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Dindori, Shahdol)
• Transit pass for the species other than those mentioned
above is to be issued by Forest Officer on
recommendations of Panchayat level Committee
• Transport of privately owned timber under the Lok
Vaniki Mission requires the procedures mentioned
above
• Registration in the office of DFO is required for the
forest produce to be transported
• Gram Panchayat will issue the transit pass for
transporting the forest produce within district and the
adjoining districts for the other destinations the transit
pass is required to be issued by a Forest officer
• The tree species exempted from transit pass for
transport are Neelgiri, Casuarina, Subabul, Poplar,
Israili Babul, Vilayati Babul
• No transit pass shall be required for the removal of any
forest produce for bonafide domestic consumption by
any person and such forest produce which is exempted
by the State Government from the operation of these
Rules
• No transit pass is required for removal of mineral from
forest for which transit pass is not compulsory under
these Rules
(continued)
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