Shimla, June 3 -- The state revenue, horticulture and tribal development minister Jagat Singh Negi met governor Kavinder Gupta and urged him to approve the allotment of Nautor forest land to eligible residents of tribal areas. Negi had called on the governor on Monday evening at Lok Bhavan and in the meeting he apprised him that soon after assuming office in 2023, the state government had requested the exemption of the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, for Nautor Land Allotment in tribal areas. Under the provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, the authority to approve Nautor forest land lies with the governor. So Negi requested that the restrictions imposed under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, be withdrawn so that eligible youth and families in tribal and border areas can benefit from land allotment. The governor assured the minister that an appropriate decision in this regard would be taken at the earliest....