Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, recently launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS) across India envisaged as ‘One Nation One Pass’.
About National Transit Pass System (NTPS):
- This system is to facilitate the seamless transit of timber, bamboo, and other forest produce across the country.
- The NTPS is envisioned as a “One Nation-One Pass” regime, which will enable unified, online and seamless mode for permit issuance for tree growers and farmers.
- Special Pan Indian vehicles: Vehicles carrying timber and other forest produce from Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir were flagged-off for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
- QR coded transit permits: It would allow check gates across various states to verify the validity of the permits and allow seamless transit.
- Currently, the transit permits are issued for transport of timber and forest produce based on state-specific transit rules.
- NTPS is designed for user convenience, featuring desktop and mobile applications for easy registration and permit applications.
- Transit permits will be issued for regulated tree species, while the users can self-generate No Objection Certificates (NOC) for exempted species.
Benefits of NTPS:
- Ease of Doing business for those involved in Agroforestry.
- It will ensure greater transparency and extend its impact beyond agroforestry and tree farming.
- It would aid recent initiatives like Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme and the Trees Outside Forest Initiative.
- Reduce time-consuming processes, remove hurdles in transportation of forest prduce.
- It also promises to incentivize the entire value chain.
- It would help manage records for both inter-state and intra-state transportation from various sources like private lands, government owned forest and private depots.
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