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PRESS RELEASE ON THE 412th REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change headed by Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni, M.P., Rajya Sabha, presented/laid the 412th Report on ‘Forest Fires in the Himalayan Region, its adverse effects and mitigation’, in both the Houses of Parliament on Friday, the 7th August, 2026.

Source: Press Information Bureau (official). The summary and key points are quoted from that release; no AI is used. Check the source for the full text.

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The finished pellets must land with the end user at ₹10-12/kg price at which sawdust pellets are already available.

A support of ₹3-4/kg keeps pirul competitive, as without it the pine needle based pellets would be unsellable; (iv) stating the terms of every scheme with finality, eligibility, quantum, disbursement route so that support can be financed against.

(Para 10.31) The Committee notes that Manipur has, in each of the last two financial years, received far less central funding than it had proposed under its Annual Plan of Operation — with only about forty per cent of the amount proposed for 2025-26 released so far.

(Para 11.6) On the Joint Convergence Guidelines under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the Committee views this as a potentially significant vehicle for embedding forest fire prevention within rural livelihood and employment guarantee architecture.

(Para 11.11) The Committee notes that the Indian Forest Act, 1927 was made by the British mainly to control timber and protect Government revenue from forests.

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