Over the past two years there have been several discussions to ascertain the administrative procedure followed by which forestland is diverted for non-forest use in India. In this article I will try to unravel this regulatory framework and its complications.The coming into force of the new Forest Conservation Rules 2014 by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is slow in its actual procedures but attempts to bring in efficiency by setting timelines. It, however, does nothing much to address the quality of analysis or scrutiny in the decision-making process around forest diversions. It also does. . .