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(i) Cultivation of tea, coffee, spices, rubber and palm is a non-forestry activity, attracting the provisions of the Act. (ii) Cultivation of fruit-bearing trees or oil-bearing plants or medicinal plants would also require prior approval of the Central Government except when: (a) The species to be planted are indigenous to the area in question; and (b) Such planting activity is part of an overall afforestation programme for the forest area in question.