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The main effect of this movement was that the environment became one major agenda in politics. The government passed the Forest Protection Act and then Prime Minister banned cutting of forests for 15 years in Himalayan areas.
A major impact of the Chipko movement was that it prompted the Union government to amend the Indian Forest Act, 1927, and introduced the Forest Conservation Act 1980, which says forest land cannot be used for non-forest purpose