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(i) Equivalent non-forest land identified for the purpose are to be transferred to the ownership of the State Forest Department, and declared as protected forests so that the plantation raised can be maintained permanently. The transfer must take prior to the commencement of the project. (ii) The compensatory afforestation should clearly be an additional plantation activity and not a diversion of part of the annual plantation programme. (iii) In each case where the afforestation target is over 500 hectares in plains, and 200 hectares in hills, a Monitoring Committee shall be established with a nominee of the Central Government to oversee that the stipulations, including those pertaining to compensatory plantation are carried out.