In a reply to a question tabled in Rajya Sabha (Budget Session 2020), the Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change provided information about forest fire prevention and management.
The area covering 93K+ hectares was affected by forest fires in 2019-20.
Forests are a subject on the concurrent list of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
MoEF & CC also provide forest fire prevention and management measures under the Centrally Sponsored Forest Fire Prevention and Management scheme.
How can the government prevent forest fires?
Clearing vegetation from forests can yield renewable energy, which can be used to help prevent fires. These branches were cleared from forests to reduce the risk of wildfire. There's a largely untapped economic opportunity in the forest.
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