Minister cannot overrule wildlife board, rules NGT

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Submitted by daya on Tue, 2017-10-31 08:42

In 2012, then Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan overruled the views of the expert members of the NBWL standing committee and granted it wildlife clearance.

thesaurus: 
National Green Trbunal (NGT)
Legislation
Wildlife Clearance
Arunachal
Hydroelectricity
Forest Act 1980
Forest Clearance
Environment
Name of the Newspaper: 
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Main Topic: 
Environment
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/minister-cannot-overrule-wildlife-board-rules-ngt-4914480/
Publication Date: 
31/10/2017