The Director-General of Forests (DGF), the seniormost forest official in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, sent an initial set of comments on the FRA Committee's report on January 14, 2011. This constitutes the first official response from the Government of India to the FRAC report.
Ten members of the Committee have responded to these comments, pointing out the misreading and omissions involved in the DGF's comments. The DGF's comments and the 10-member response are given below.