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    'Gadgil Committee Report' and 'Kasturirangan Committee Report', sometimes seen in the news, are related to (IAS Prelims 2016)

    A) constitutional reforms

    B) Ganga Action Plan

    C) linking of rivers

    D) protection of Western Gnats

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    (i) The Gadgil Commission was an environmental research commission appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of India. The Commission submitted the report to the Government of India on 31 August 2011. The Kasturirangan Committee Report has sought to balance the two concerns of development and environment protection, by watering down the environmental regulation regime proposed by the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel's Gadgil report in 2012. (ii) They're associated with Western Gnat conservation plan.


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