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Suchitra Karthikeyan

Explained | What India’s Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill seeks to change

File photo of a wild elephant entering a railway track at the Kanjikode-Walayar stretch in Palakkad. (Source: MUSTAFAH KK)

The story so far: With the monsoon session of the Parliament set to commence on July 18, one of the Bills up for deliberation and passage is the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2021.

The Wild Life (Protection) Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in the 2021 Winter session is one of the few bills sent to a standing committee for discussion and amendments. . After four months of deliberation, in April this year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change submitted its report on the proposed Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill.

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