Q: ‘Gadgil Committee Report’ and ‘Kasturirangan Committee Report’, sometimes seen in the news, are related to
a) Constitutional reforms
b) Ganga Action Plan
c) linking of rivers
d) protection of Western Ghats
The correct answer is Option 4.
The Gadgil Committee Report and the Kasturirangan Committee Report are both concerned with the conservation of the Western Ghats.
The Gadgil Committee
- It is also known as the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP).
- Madhav Gadgil served as the Gadgil Committee’s chairman.
- The Gadgil Committee was an environmental study committee that the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests created.
- On August 31, 2011, the group’s report was sent to the Indian government.
- The Ministry of Environment and Forests should establish the Western Ghats Ecology Authority (WGEA) as a statutory body having authority under section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
The Kasturirangan Committee
- It was established in August 2012 and was led by Kasturirangan, succeeded the Gadgil Committee.
- The Kasturirangan committee recommended a ban on mining, quarrying, and mining, as well as new polluting industries.
- It was a High-Level Working Group on the Western Ghats to examine the Gadgil Committee report in a holistic and multidisciplinary manner in light of the responses received from Central Ministries, State, and others.
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