 lly sabhtcl t{(,-i q: nr a·1 tv the flrest ~cv·~servat!lrr o,ill, 1980 i-to __ be/6lintrodu_e~~_jd-lok s abh_~7 page 5, line 6,-for "sectivn 2" react llsectivn 2 anc" -, -f-ie·;! jel~i; nvvembe r 28-, 1 ~8c agrah"ayana? ,1+~'~o~2-!-::s-akat  bill no 281 ef 1_ the forest (conservation) bill, 1980 a billto provide for the conservation of forests and tor matte-rs cc:mnected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the forest (conservation) act, 1980 (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and s kashmir short title, extent anci o:::ommencement (3) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of october, 1980 2 notwithstanding anything contaided in any other law for the time being in force in a state, no state government or other authority shall i c make, except with the prior approval of the central go1"wl1ment, any order directing-(i) that any reserved forest (within the meaning of the expression "reserved forest" in any law for the time being in force in that state) or any portion thereof, shall cease to be reserved; restriction on the de reservation of forestll or use of forest land for nonforest purpose is (ii) that any fora:;t land or any portion thereof may be used for any non-forest purpose explanation-for the purposes of this section "non-forest purpose" means breaking up or clearing of any forest land or· portion thereof for any purpose other than reaiforestation 3 the central government may constitute a committee consisting of such number of persons as it may deem fit to advise that government with regard to-(i) the grant of approval under section 2; and (ii) any other matter connected with the conservation ()f forests s which may be referred to it by the central government power to make 4 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official rules gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act (2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parli'ament, while it is in session, i () for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter 15 have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule 5 (1) the forest (conservation) ordinance, 1980 is hereby repealed repeal and saving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken 20 under the provisions of the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this act  sta tement of objects and reasonsdeforestation causes ecological imbalance and leads to environmental deterioration deforestation had been taking place on a large scale in the country and it had caused widespread concern 2 with a view to checking further deforestation, the president promulgated on the 25th october, 1980, the forest (conservation) ordinance, 1980 the ordinance made the prior approval of the central government necessary for de-reservation of reserved forests and for use of forest land for non-forest purposes the ordinance also provided for the constitution of an advisory committee to advise the central government with regard to grant of such approval 3 the bill seeks to replace th(' aforesaid ordinance new delhi; rao birendra singh the 25th november, 1980 no ex;>enditure is likely to be involved in implementing the provisions of the bill clause 4 of the bill seeks to confer a general rule making power on the central government the matters in respect of which rules may be made would be matters of detail or procedure such as the procedure followed by the central government with regard to grant of approval under section 2, the proc('dure which may be followed by the advisory committee under section 3 2 the matters in respect of which rules may be made are of administrative detail and procedure and 3!; such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character  a billto provide for the con£t;!rvation of forests and for matters connected therey,rith or ancjlary or inc'idental thereto (rae birendr4 singh, minister of agriculture and rural luconstruction)  