Recently Indian President has cleared an ordinance amending the Indian Forest Act Which of the follo...........

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Recently, Indian President has cleared an ordinance amending the Indian Forest Act. Which of the following is correct regarding this?

1. After this ordinance, cutting and transport of bamboo grown in forest as well as non-forest land become legal.

2. This ordinance excluded bamboo from the definition of tree.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Before the ordinance was issued, the definition of tree in the law included palm, bamboo, brushwood and cane. The brief ordinance, aimed at increasing bamboo plantation, states that clause seven in Section 2 of the act would omit the word bamboo.
Though taxonomically a grass, bamboo was legally defined as a tree under the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Before this amendment, cutting and transport of bamboo grown in forest as well as non-forest land was illegal.