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Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan

Panel on changing green laws leaves 90% of forests vulnerable to polluting projects

Even as the TSR Subramanian Committee was evaluating environment laws, the ministry was quietly tweaking them in a series of circulars and office memorandums.

Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan
· Jan 04, 2015 · 06:15 am
Proposed law aims to shut single-window system for redressing environmental complaints

The TSR Subramanian-led high level committee report has a draft law that will weaken the National Green Tribunal.

Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan
· Jan 03, 2015 · 06:15 am
Panel on changing green laws puts 'utmost good faith' in industry. Is that good enough?

The committee recommends that all industries self-certify their pollution emissions – and also expects them to submit incriminating evidence against themselves.

Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan
· Jan 02, 2015 · 06:45 am