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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav handed over India's first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, an event organised by the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, the scheme's operating agency. Certificates were presented to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation for plantations over 33,000 hectares and to a farmer associated with the Odisha Bamboo Development Agency, following a rigorous field and management audit. The scheme, launched in December 2023, certifies forest management against the National Working Plan Code 2023 through independent audit by bodies accredited under the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies, rather than relying on self declaration.