Question

Name the first forest act enacted? when nd how many times it was amended ? wgich forest act was divided into 3 categories,name all the categories of forest

Answer 1

the forest act enacted in india in 1865,it as ammended twice once in 1878 and then in 1927.the 1878 act divided forests into three categories=reserved, protected and village forests.

Among these reserved foressts are best.

Villagers couldn't take anything from these forests for house building or fuel,they could take it from 'protected' and 'village' forests