Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change constitutes High Level Committee to review acts administrated by the Ministry



A High Level Committee (HLC) has been constituted by Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change to review the following Acts administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change.
(i) Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
(ii) Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
(iii) Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
(iv) The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,1974
(v) The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

The committee would be chaired by Shri. T.S.R. Subramanian. The other members of the committee are Shri Viswanath Anand, Justice (retd.) A.K. Srivastav and Shri K. N. Bhat.

The High Level committee has the following terms of reference:-
(i) To assess the status of implementation of each of the above Acts vis-a-vis the objectives;
(ii) To examine and take into account various court orders and judicial pronouncements relating to these Acts;
(iii) To recommend specific amendments needed in each of these Acts so as to bring them in line with current requirements to meet objectives; and
(iv) To draft proposed amendments in each of the above Acts to give effect to the proposed recommendations.

The ministry has invited Comments/suggestions/views on these. Please send us your comments and suggestions so that we can consolidate and send it to MoEF. The last date for submission to MoEF is 29th Sept, 2014.