Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change constitutes High Level Committee

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 composition of the Committee is as follows:-

(1)             Shri. T.S.R. Subramanian, Chairman

(2)             Shri Viswanath Anand, Member

(3)             Justice (Retd.) Sh. A.K. Srivastav, Member

(4)              Shri K.N. Bhat, Member

The terms of reference are as follows:-

(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.