Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has reconstituted the Union Territory Level Committee for Wood Based Industries in the region.
As per an order issued by the General Administration Department, the new committee would be headed by PCCF & HoFF, J&K, with MD, J&K Forest Development Corporation Limited, Chief Conservators of Forest, Jammu/Kashmir, Conservator of Forests (Working Plan), Director Industries Jammu/Kashmir, officers not below the rank of Additional Secretary, to be nominated by Forest Ecology and Environment Department, Revenue Department, Agriculture Production Department, and representative of Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India as members.
While Additional PCCF (Central) would be the Member Secretary, one representative of the Saw Mill Association nominated by the Department of Industries and Commerce and any other member working in the territorial offices of the Forest Department, not below the rank of Conservator of Forests, to be co-opted by the Chairman of the Committee shall be the Special Invitees, the order said.
It said the committee’s mandate would be to assess the availability of the raw material requirement of wood based industries including timber from trees growing outside the forests of Jammu and Kashmir every ten years, and to approve appropriate locations for setting up of wood based industrial units in conformity with the law besides restricting the maximum number of wood based industries that may be installed in any given locality.
The committee will also approve the name of wood based industrial units which may be considered for grant of fresh license or enhancement of the existing licensed capacity in case the committee is satisfied that timber is available legally for the new wood based industries (such as trees outside forests, forests etc).
It will also maintain the record of the wood based industrial units, established and operating in J&K and the quantum of raw material used by them besides making appropriate recommendations on any other matters referred by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in this regard.
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