Land Resources — Environmental Laws

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
42nd Amendment Act	1976	This amendment transferred 'Forests' and 'Protection of Wild Animals and Birds' from the State List to the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule. This change allowed both the Union and State governments to legislate on these subjects.	The transfer of 'Forests' to the Concurrent List significantly impacted land governance related to forest areas. It enabled the central government to enact comprehensive legislation like the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and the Forest Rights Act, 2006, thereby playing a more direct role in forest land management and conservation, which was previously a state prerogative. This shift aimed to bring a national perspective to forest protection and resource management.

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