{"id":126864,"date":"2026-09-30T13:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126864"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:45:42","slug":"pramaan-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pramaan-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"PRAMAAN Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>PRAMAAN Certificate Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister handed over India\u2019s first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About PRAMAAN Certificate<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRAMAAN stands for <\/span><b>Programme for Recognition and Accreditation of sustainable Management Practices for Agroforestry And Natural forestry resources.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Launched by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a nationally accepted <\/span><b>framework for certification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>forests, wood and non-timber forest products.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Standards &amp; Accreditation<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the framework, Forest Management certification is assessed against <\/span><b>Indian Forest Management Standards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">derived from the <\/span><b>National Working Plan Code 2023.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRAMAAN\u2019s accreditation architecture is <\/span><b>benchmarked against international frameworks,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ensuring recognition among domestic and global buyers and regulators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Audited by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The certification is <\/span><b>audited by certification bodies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accredited by the <\/span><b>National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NABCB) under the <\/span><b>Quality Council of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Three types of Certification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under IFWCS \u201cPRAMAAN\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Forest Management (FM) Certification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For recorded forest areas and forest plantations, in accordance with the Indian Forest Management Standard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Trees Outside Forests (TOF) Management Certification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For <\/span><b>agroforestry systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>private plantations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in accordance with the Trees Outside Forests (Management) Standard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Chain of Custody (CoC) Management Certification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ensures <\/span><b>traceability of timber<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and non-timber forest products at each step of production, from its source to the customer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The IFWCS-PRAMAAN certificate enhances the <\/span><b>social, and ecological values<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of India\u2019s forests, <\/span><b>agroforestry systems and the Indian wood-based industries.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2316355&amp;reg=6&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAMAAN Certificate is a nationally accepted framework for certification of forests, wood and non-timber forest products. 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