Some timber industry stakeholders have described the appointment of Dr Hugh C.A. Brown as the new Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission as welcome news and a perfect choice ...

The corporation is under fire after correcting reports on native forest logging, retrospectively cutting volumes by almost 30 ...

Internal documents show the Forest Service discussing — both internally and with the timber industry — how its various legal and policy “tools” and emergency authorities related to its ...

Lucknow: Balrampur police on Friday arrested three individuals, including a forest ranger, for their involvement in the ...

Three individuals, including a forest ranger, have been arrested for illegal logging in Balrampur. A significant amount of ...

The Finance Bill 2025 proposes amendments to Section 206C of the Income-tax Act to clarify the definition of “forest produce” and revise the tax collected at source (TCS) rates. Currently, TCS at 2.5% ...

A key factor attracting foreign investors is the high proportion of FSC and PEFC-certified forests in Latvia. These international certifications confirm that Latvian forests are managed according to ...

Section 206C (1) mandates the seller to collect tax at source (TCS) from buyer, at specified rates, on sale of specified goods such as alcoholic liquor, timber, tendu leave, any other forest produce ...