With farm laws as inspiration, environment ministry takes an axe to the forest Act

Documents show that the ideas that serve as a basis for the drafting process have little to do with forest protection, focusing instead on ease of doing business. A sure-fire recipe for controversy.

31 July, 202116 min
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