THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY WILL LIKELY RAISE ITS OWN FUNDS

STATES RESIST THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY

THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY WILL, IN THE coming monsoon session, place a Bill for creating the National Environment Protection Authority (Nepa), an authority modelled on the lines of the US Environmental Protection Agency. What is less clear is whether this body will be a powerful watchdog, or a toothless old hound.