MoEF To Look Into CPCB Chief Pushing Own Device

On Thursday, TOI had reported the attempt by CPCB chairman S P Gautum to cash in on a patent he held privately by doing a revenue sharing deal with the apex government authority and then passing a directive forcing leather industry to buy the untested technology.

Natarajan told TOI, "I have read the news and will inquire into the facts behind the case."

It has also emerged that Congress MP from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, Annu Tandon, had lobbied for the costly and untested device - lyophilliser - to be deployed and cleared by the government. Tandon even attended a meeting held by commerce minister Anand Sharma to push for the technology. Read the full report here.

Source: Nitin Sethi, TNN, New Delhi.