A view of the National Green Tribunal
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has been directed by the National Green Tribunal to form a three-member panel to formulate safeguards and guidelines to be followed by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs).
The NGT gave the order on a petition challenging a notification of the MoEF&CC, through which the ministry had decentralised the environmental clearance process required for a certain category of projects. The notification had given powers to the SEIAAs to grant the clearance instead of the Expert Appraisal Committee of the MoEF&CC.
