Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Green Credit Programme (GCP), showcased at COP28, could potentially benefit businesses responsible for deforestation, according to environmental campaigners. The GCP allows privately owned tree plantations to generate tradeable credits for green actions, potentially leading to the large-scale privatisation of forested land and undermining legislation protecting forest rights.
A batch of petitions were filed by a group of retired IFS officers and former bureaucrats against several contentious provisions of the amended Act | Latest News India
Then came the changes last year, which, according to petitioners who challenged the law, if allowed to operate, would result in declassification of over 197,000 square kilometres of forests | Latest News India