Insights into Editorial: Unable to see the bamboo for the trees

Insights into Editorial: Unable to see the bamboo for the trees Context: Centre promulgated Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance to encourage bamboo cultivation in non-forest areas.  Centre to “de-regulate” bamboo production by amending the definition of “trees” under the Indian Forest Act (IFA), 1927. The ordinance exempts bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the definition of …