One Nations one (Transit) pass for forest produce

The government’s One Nation, One pass initiative, launched on December 29 to facilitate the seamless transit of timber, bamboo, and other forest produce across the country, received 23,723 applications in a week, according to data from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC).

Of these applications, 7,171 no-objections certificates (NOCs) and 14,061 transit permits (TPs) were issued.

Prior to the introduction of NTPS, the transit permits were issued for transport of timber and forest produce based on state-specific transit rules.

The NTPS offers seamless online transit permit generation and management of records for both inter-state and intra-state transportation of timber, bamboo and other forest produce obtained from various sources like private lands, government-owned forest and private depots.

NTPS will definitely encourage the industry for a hassle free transportation of timber produce. This was a long overdue demand of the industry to ease the system.