E-payment portal launched
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 29 2015 :
Union Minister of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (Independent Charge), Government of India, Prakash Javadekar has launched on August, 27 through video conferencing a portal for e-payment of compensatory levies in connection with forest clearances under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 .
According to a statement, the deposit of compensatory levies through the e-portal will be optional till September 14, 2015 after which all payments of Compensatory levies to the Adhoc CAMPA Account shall only be through the e-payment portal and no other mode of payment will be accepted.
The portal can be accessed through the website of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change �forestclearance.nic.in.
The e-payment portal has the provision for payment through internet banking, e-challan through RTGS and off line challan.
Initially two modes will be permitted through e-payment ie online challan mode through RTGs and NEFT and Offline challan mode through RTGS and NEFT.