Correct answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Explanation
- A
1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is false: the 2017 Indian Forest Act amendment declassified bamboo as a tree only on non-forest land, so forest-area bamboo still needs the forest-produce regime. A code that keeps 1 is not the key.
- B
2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only. FRA 2006 lists bamboo as minor forest produce and vests ownership, collection and disposal of MFP in forest dwellers and gram sabhas. Statement 1 over-reads the Forest Act amendment. That pair is the official key.
- C
3 only
(c) 3 only. Statement 2 is also true: bamboo is MFP under FRA. Dropping 2 is not the key.
- D
1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3. Statement 1 is false, so the all-correct code fails.
Summary. Official key is (b). Bamboo is minor forest produce under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, and forest dwellers have ownership of MFP. The 2017 Forest Act change freed bamboo only on non-forest land; it did not give a general right to fell bamboo in forests. Statement 1 is therefore out. Honour (b).
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