INFORMERS NOW TO GET 50% VALUE OF SEIZED FOREST PRODUCE
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The State Government has decided to provide 50 per
cent of the sale value of seized forest produce to the Vana Suraksha Samiti or
any individual on whose information the forest produce would be detected.
Earlier, 25 per cent of the sale value of such seized materials was given to
informers.
Former MLA and noted environmentalist Bibhudhendra
Pratap Das has hailed a notification issued in this regard by the Forests and
Environment Department recently. Das had been requesting the Government to
increase the reward money for informant for long.
As per the revised provision, whenever forest
produces are disposed by any DFO, 50 per cent of the sale value would be
deposited in a separate interest bearing account in any nationalised bank.
Earlier, 45 per cent of the deposited amount (25
per cent of sale value) was given to the forest staff, another 45 per cent to
the informers and the rest 10 per cent was deposited in Forest Relief and
Welfare Fund. Now as per the revised provision, informers would get 70 per cent
of the deposited amount and forest staff would get 25 per cent while five per
cent would be deposited in the Forest Relief and Welfare Fund. The fund is
meant to be used for providing special reward in cases where forest staff and
informers suffer severe injuries, major disabilities or death while dealing
with forest offenders.
“As the reward money has been increased and the
name of informers is kept secret, it is now expected that more people will come
forward to inform about forest offence,” said Das.
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