Central Govt starts process of ‘reviewing’ environmental laws
* High-level Committee constituted to review six laws, asked to submit its report by October 29 By Kartik Lokhande Various laws related to environment and forest have provisions that have become outdated and some have proven to be roadblocks in development. Against this backdrop, there has been demand from various quarters since long to review these. Union Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has constituted a High-level Committee to ‘review’ the environmental laws and suggest amendments. Some time ago, during his visit to city-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar had hinted that the Central Government would look into the matter of ‘review’ of environmental laws. Accordingly, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has constituted the committee. The committee under T S R Subramanian, former Cabinet Secretary, has been entrusted with the task ...