Director General of Forests

The Generalforstmeister (Director General of Forests) was the second highest forestry official in the Prussian civil service and in the German Reich. He was subordinate to the Reichsforstmeister, the head of the Reich Forestry, and was his deputy. The title of Generalforstmeister corresponded to the former Oberlandforstmeister.{{cite web |title=Vormalige Edelleute im preußischen Staatsforstdienst 1936-1945 |url=http://home.foni.net/~herumstreifer/forst00.htm |website=home.foni.net/ |accessdate=20 November 2019 |language=German |archive-date=23 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223165802/http://home.foni.net/~herumstreifer/forst00.htm |url-status=dead }}

The Director General of Forests of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Forest Service. The director is posted in the Union Government of India and generally selected from the senior-most PCCFs{{clarify|What does this mean?|date=February 2020}} of the states of India. The Indian Government has only one post for the Director General of Forests. The person holding this rank is also the ex-officio Special Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. An officer posted at this level has generally completed about 35 years of service.Ministry of Environment and Forests Resolution, New Delhi, 14 December 2000 [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/ifs/ifs12011.doc]

At present (December 2021) Shri Chandra Prakash Goyal is currently working as the Director General of Forests and Special Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
• Van Vigyan Kendra Forest Science Centres

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