निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए :
- 1.विधि के अनुसार, प्रतिपूरक वनीकरण कोष प्रबंधन एवं योजना प्राधिकरण, राष्ट्रीय तथा राज्य, दोनों स्तरों पर होते हैं।
- 2.प्रतिपूरक वनीकरण निधि अधिनियम, 2016 के अधीन चलाए गए प्रतिपूरक वनीकरण कार्यक्रमों में लोगों की सहभागिता अनिवार्य (मैंडेटरी) है।
उपर्युक्त में से कौन-सा/से कथन सही है/हैं?
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Consider the following statements:
1. As per law, the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority exists at both National and State levels.
2. People's participation is mandatory in the compensatory afforestation programmes carried out under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) केवल 1
Only statement 1 is correct. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 sets up a National Authority (section 8) and a State Authority in each State (section 10), but it does not make people's participation mandatory in compensatory afforestation.
- ✓ 1. Section 8 constitutes the 'National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority', and section 10 constitutes a 'State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority' in each State.
- ✗ 2. The Act lays down the Authorities, their governing bodies and how the National and State Funds are managed and used. Nowhere does it make people's participation a compulsory part of compensatory afforestation.
Remember · The CAF Act, 2016 creates a National Authority and State Authorities to manage compensatory-afforestation money; it does not mandate people's participation.
Sources
- The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 (official text, Forest Department, Government of Rajasthan), section 8, National Authority ↗ “there shall be constituted a National Authority to be called the “National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority” … there shall be constituted a State Authority to be called the “State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority” in each State.”
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