The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 was referred to a joint committee, and Manish Tewari urged that it be reviewed by the standing committee in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday.
Tewari’s letter to Birla came a day after senior Congressman Jairam Ramesh protested the bill’s referral to a joint committee to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and urged that it be considered by the standing committee, which Ramesh chairs. Wednesday saw the introduction of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav. After that, a joint committee of both Houses received the bill for
‘Govt deliberately bypassing standing committee’: Manish Tewari writes to Birla over forest bill sent to joint panel
