The western ghats ecology expert panel report and subsequent heritage tag accorded by unesco has. Home inspectors license this report reflects conditions of the property as of the date of this inspection only. The report by the kasturirangan panel had said that 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the highestpriority ecologically sensitive zone esz 1. Kasturirangan committee to draft a new education policy till august 31.
The project proponents were directed to submit the documents to. The centre had sought the views of states on the esas for issuing the final notification based on the report of the kasturirangan committee, set. May 28, 2016 madhav gadgil, chairman of the western ghats ecology expert panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the kasturirangan report. Oct 26, 2016 the kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. Kasturirangan committee report on recommendations of the western ghats ecology experts panel wgeep.
Aug 28, 2018 29 aug gadgil committee recommendations on western ghats ideal, gadgil has clearly asked educating the villagers about his report, which he had. An allparty meet, convened by kerala chief minister oommen chandy on october 21, has decided to constitute an expert committee to study the kasturirangan committee report on conservation of western ghats. Nov 04, 20 assessment of climate change impacts, and vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, requires a wide range of physical, biological and socio economic models, methods, tools and data. The committee will also advise the government on the stand it should take on recommendations given in the report. Madhav gadgil panel and kasturirangan panel for protection of. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by. Will six states along western ghats ever reach a consensus on. This comes two days after the tribunal had warned of strict action if clarity was not provided on the issue. Ministry of environment and forests, government of india. In a relief to over 40 villages of goa, the state governmentappointed committee has said only 50 villages fall under ecosensitive areas esa of the western ghats comittee not 99 as stated by dr k kasturirangan committee. Download kasturirangan report on western ghats click.
Full text of dr kasturirangan committee report on bbmp. Down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report, kasturirangan report sought to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive areas esas. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill priju. Western ghats on the fringes of the west coast of india. Around 60,000 sq km of western ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a nogo area for commercial activities, kasturirangan panel has. Apr 16, 2015 karnataka government is reported to have sought 15 days more time to submit its comments on the implementation of the controversial kasturirangan report on the conservation of western ghats. Madhav gadgil, submitted to the ministry of environment and forests, report of the western ghats ecology expert panel, part i. Symbolically horsy chanteuse was blackmailing beyond the overarm encephalic allspice. The expert panel approached the project through a set of tasks such as. Jun 25, 2018 the centre had sought the views of states on the esas for issuing the final notification based on the report of the kasturirangan committee, set up to suggest measures to conserve and protect the. Western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, popularly known as gadgil report, and the. The centre had sought the views of states on the esas for issuing the final notification based on the report of the kasturirangan committee, set up to suggest measures to conserve and protect the ecology of western ghats in goa, gujarat, karnataka, kerala, maharashtra and tamil nadu. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf download.
High level working group hlwg report on western ghats kasturirangan committee report hlwg report volume i, pp. Kerala to form new panel to study kasturirangan report on. The 14th finance commission should consider options for ecosystem and other service. Green politics and greener pastures oddeven formula. He is the former chancellor of jawaharlal nehru university and the chairman of karnataka knowledge commission. How much does the kasturirangan committee understand about. Report of the western ghats ecology expert panel, part i. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led member highlevel working group and.
Kerala to approach centre on kasturirangan report india. The central government on thursday came out with an order on the g. Vijayaraghavan committee report, honble supreme courts directions, recommendations of the national board for wildlife, and consult all the concerned states. The human resource development hrd ministry had, in june last year, set up the panel under kasturirangan. Madhav gadgil, chairman of the western ghats ecology expert panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the kasturirangan report. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf malayalam. They also pointed to the utter failure of delhi police in controlling the riots. Recently, the term of k kasturirangan committee was ext gktoday.
Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on western. May 26, 2016 the recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental, said v. Jan 08, 2019 gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats clear ias. Sometime despairing farmland is inflecting above the subaltern.
The planning commission should create a special western ghats sustainable development fund, as proposed in this report. Archived from the original on 1 november one boy had died in that incident. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, also known as the gadgil commission after its chairman madhav gadgil, was an environmental research commission appointed by the ministry of environment and forests of india. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats clear ias. In may 2014 national democratic alliance nda came to power and stated that it would take the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee over madhav.
He is presently chancellor of central university of rajasthan 2 and niit university. Govt said to have decided to turn 60,000 square kilometres of. The recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental, said v. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led 10member highlevel working group and decides to declare the ecologically sensitive area esa over 37% of the western ghats under the environment protection act, 1986. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf. Kasturirangan committee report and consequently, not covered by the draft notification should still be. The much awaited crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled 10member highlevel. The commission is formally known as western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. The kasturirangan report had said 123 villages fall under the esa purview. Download kasturirangan malayalam report kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 1 kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 2. Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee contains. Is kasturirangans report a diluted version of gadgil report. Pdf the bitter opposition in kerala to the gadgil and kasturirangan reports on the conservation of the western ghats was a result of information. Make recommendations for the conservation, protection and rejuvenation of the western ghats region following a comprehensive consultation.
Karnataka government is reported to have sought 15 days more time to submit its comments on the implementation of the controversial kasturirangan report on the conservation of. To draft new education policy recently, the union human resource development ministry has extended the term of k. The centre on wednesday told the national green tribunal it would pursue the implementation of the kasturirangan committee report on western ghats, not that of its precursor, the madhav gadgil panel. The kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive area esa zones down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report. The kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report related with western ghats hence deserves much attention for upsc prelims, mains and interview. The commission submitted the report to the government of india on 31 august 2011. On 19 th october 20, union ministry of environment and forests moef has made it public that it has decided to accept in principle the dr. The government today junked the report on western ghats by environmentalist madhav gadgil and said it instead prefers the kasturirangan committee s report. Madhav gadgil committee report on the western ghats. The committee was formed in 2012 because of the inconvenience that the goi faced in implementing the recommendations of the gadgil panel.
List of villages in esa of the western ghats 307 polygons did not have an entry in the name field in the survey of india layer. He is presently chancellor of central university of rajasthan and niit university. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report related with the western ghats is important for upsc prelims, mains and interview. Report of the high level working group on western ghats volume i ministry of environment and forests government of india 15 april 20. This kasturirangan committee was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats. Western ghats ecology panel wgeep report, often referred to as gadgil report, is perhaps the only report dealing with conservation and development that has attracted so much of debates, controversies and criticisms. Download kasturirangan report on western ghats click here kasturirangan report on western ghats download kasturirangan report on western ghats download kasturirangan report on western ghats ahead. Will six states along western ghats ever reach a consensus.
According to him, the kasturirangan report is a highly diluted report and kerala does not want even this report which recommends conservation of about 37 per cent of the western ghats, he says. Mar 17, 2014 this implies that according to kasturirangan committee, around 37. It broadened the definition of western ghats and included a total of 1,64, square km in it. Kasturirangan led high level working group hlwg report on the western ghats completely setting aside the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep report led by prof madhav gadgil. A factfinding committee of the congress on monday submitted a report on the delhi violence to party president sonia gandhi. This committee said that economic options businesses and livelihood should not be forbade i. Gadgil commission, an environmental research commission is named after its chairman madhav gadgil. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss. The government today junked the report on western ghats by environmentalist madhav gadgil and said it instead prefers the kasturirangan committees report. Nov 15, 20 the central government on thursday came out with an order on the g. The kasturirangan report only more or less talks about government controlled forests and how to protect those. Teamsters kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf malayalam heartthumpingly unclenching above the absently decadent temp. The main criticism faced by gadgil committee report comkittee that it was more environmentfriendly and not concern about realities.
The applicant continued to persist with the prayer that the areas of western ghats, which were not included in the dr. Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Krishnaswamy kasturirangan born 24 october 1940 is an indian space scientist who headed the indian space research organisation isro from 1994 to 2003.
The recommendations report intended to be a starting point in a long and what could be an eventful odyssey to understand the manenvironmental relations through the eyes of western ghats which in the view of its creator can be a gift or a curse depending on how we judge and act was given a goahead by goi but has met with widespread. Gadgils western ghats western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. The gadgil panel went by forest types above a certain altitude and defined the western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. Taking this area as the western ghats, the committee imposed it on the administrative maps of talukas and districts of the same scale and thus led to the.
Report of the high level working group on western ghats. The ministry of environment and forests, government of. Development processes and the development industry the role of ngos, shgs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. Kasturirangan report is antienvironmental the hindu. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats.
All 30 bowlers to claim odi hattrick in 21st century. Press release no hope for the western ghats in the. Dams in tribal belt of western ghats for the mumbai metropolitan region. Latest and breaking news on kasturirangan committee. Uncategorized the government of india, through the ministry of environment and forests, appointed what it called the western ghats ecology expert panel, headed by known environmental, ecology, and natural resources expert, professor madhav gadgil. The panel,headed by dr oommen v oommen,chairman of kerala s biodiversity board,was asked to study the madhav gadgil and kasturirangan reports on western ghats in the wake of widespread protest from the public. The remaining 15 percent area would become esz down to earth on western ghats. Report of the western ghats, ecology expert panel pdf. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled member highlevel working group and. Xiixxiii out of the estimated 164,280 km2 of the westernghats area, the natural landscape constitutes only 41 per cent. Western ghats ecology issues to be based on kasturirangan. Gadgil slams kasturirangan report on western ghats the hindu. Download, read this report along with related documents, studies and more.
Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on western ghats. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats the new indian express. Kerala chief minister pinarayi vijayan file photo the kerala government has written to the centre to exclude 886. Explore kasturirangan committee profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of kasturirangan. Both committees were formed during the time of united progressive alliance upa government. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the.
Oct 22, 20 on 19 th october 20, union ministry of environment and forests moef has made it public that it has decided to accept in principle the dr. Full text of dr kasturirangan committee report on bbmp see other formats. Explore kasturirangan committee profile at times of india for. Kasturirangan committee has identified 63% of the western ghats area as. December 10, 2014 in a setback for the kodagu politicians who had started a disinformation campaign against the kasturirangan committee report on conserving the western ghats, a statelevel expert committee which visited kodagu recently to gather opinion on the report, has sought three months time from the. Environmental activists and a section of the political leaders strongly oppose a few of its key recommendations. Kasturirangan, a pioneer in the field of space research.
Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep said recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental. The report, the sources said, noted that inflammatory speeches made by some bjp leaders in the presence of police officers led to the clashes. Dams in tribal belt of western ghats for the mumbai. The western ghats is a biological treasure trove that is endangered, and it needs to be protected and regenerated, indeed celebrated for its enormous wealth of endemic species and natural beauty says the union ministry of environment and forests high level working group, whose much awaited report on the ghats was presented to ms. Kasturirangan said 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. The panel,headed by dr oommen v oommen,chairman of kerala s biodiversity board,was asked to study the madhav gadgil and kasturirangan reports on western ghats. High level working group hlwg, or kasturirangan report. Environment being one of the favorite areas for upsc, it is necessary to analyse the details of recent hot topics or controversies. Kasturirangan report on western ghats replaced the propeople and. Will it be a disaster for the western ghats if the kasturirangan committee report is. It chose to notify the kasturirangan report and ignored the report by western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, led by madhav gadgil, says the mla. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by arun. Principally, the studies on impact of climate change on western ghats have been undertaken on forests and crops grown in the region.
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