As part of its efforts to reform environmental governance, the ministry has put out a discussion paper for the establishment of a national environment assessment and monitoring authority (NEAMA). This is a reworked version of the, National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA). The proposed statutory body will be set up under the Environment Protection Act. Read the full report here.
Source: by M. Rajshekhar & Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, New Delhi.