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I am directed. to say that this Ministry has received representations that the project
proponents seeking prior approval of Central Government under
the Forest (conservation) Act'
case before the Forest Advisory
19g0 (FC Aqt) may be allowed to be present and to place their
peCl and the Regional Offices whiler their proposals are exarnined by thern'
Co-II,itt""
and Regional oifices of
After examination of the rnatter, I am dir.ected to say that the FAC
this Ministry may allow the project ProPonents seeking prior
approval of Central Govemment
und.er the FC Act to be present and to place th.eir case before
the FAC and the Regional offices
of the proiect
while their proposals are exarnined by them. It is however, clarified that Presence
requirernent for consideration of
proponent before the FAC or Regional office is not a mandatory
exarnination of the proposal' the
the proposal. ln case, a project Proponent is not present during
FAC or the Regional office may take decision on merit of the
proposal and shall not defer
of the project proponent'
decisions on such proposal rnerely on the $round of the absence
Yours faithfullY,
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(H.C. ChaudharY)
Director
Copy tor
Prime Minister's Office (Kind atttr': Shri Santosh
D. VaidYa, Director), North Block, New
1.
Delhi.
Climate Change (MoEFCC),
7. All Regional Offices, Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Government of India (GoI)'
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9. Sr. PPSto the Addl. Director General of Forests (ForestConservation)'
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