Disagreement Over Forestry Mission Widen Rift Between Ramesh And Top Official
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 5,
May 2011
At the heart of the argument between the two was the control over the flow of an estimated Rs 46,000 crore over the next 10 years meant to afforest five million hectares as part of the mission planned under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
The minister had proposed an autonomous society outside the environment ministry guiding and controlling the flow of funds to the gram sabhas headed by him. Sources in the ministry said the DG Forests - the highest officer in the forest service - preferred to keep the entire mechanism in the existing forest bureaucracy's grip, within the confines of the environment ministry completely. Read the full report here.
Source: Nitin Sethi, Times of India, New Delhi.
