Working Groups/Task Force for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)

Task Force on Governance, Transparency, Participation for the Environment and Forests Sector

Dated 21st March, 2006

It has been decided to set up a Task Force on Governance, transparency, participation for the Environment and Forests Sector for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The composition of the Task Force will be as under:

1.

Prof. Shekhar Singh,New Delhi

Chairman

2.

Shri N.C.Saxena, New Delhi

Member

3.

Ms. Anjali Bhardawaj, NCPRI, New Delhi

Member

4.

Shri Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, Pune

Member

5.

Shri M K Jewrajika, Central Empowered Committee

Member

6.

Shri Paritosh Tyagi, Noida

Member

II. Terms of Reference of the Task Force will be as follows:

  1. To assess the current issues and systems of integrating environmental concerns into other sectors (ministries, departments) and to recommend required new or remedial measures.
  2. To assess the mechanisms in positions (if any) for the MoEF and state environment and forest departments to interface with other departments/ministries in order to jointly carry out schemes and programmes, and recommends correctives.
  3. To assess the institutional structures within the government of India and state governments, in terms of their ability to carry out their environmental mandate, and recommend correctives.
  4. To assess the appropriateness of the staffing pattern and staff abilities, in terms training and systems, to perform the required environmental functions, within MoEF and the state environment and forest departments, and to recommend correctives.
  5. To recommend ways in which the functioning of the sector can be made more transparent and participatory, from planning, through implementation and monitoring, to evaluation.
  6. Ministry of Environment and Forests will provide basic information and data input to the Task Force as and when required.
  7. The Chairperson of the Task Force will be free to co-opt any official / non-official as special invitee for its meeting.
  8. The non-official members will be paid TA/DA by the Planning Commission as per SR 190 (a) for attending meetings of the Task Fore.
  9. The Task Force will submit its report to the Chairman, Steering Committee by 31.10.2006.
  10. Shri M. Ravindranath, Joint Adviser (E and F), Room No. 301, Yojana Bhavan ( Tel No. 23096725) will be the Nodal Officer for this Task Force for all further communications.

Task Force on Environment Impact Assessment for the Environment and Forests Sector

Dated 21st March, 2006

It has been decided to set up a Task Force on Environment Impact Assessment for the Environment and Forests Sector for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The composition of the Task Force will be as under:

1.

Shri Dilip Biswas, Ex. Chairman, CPCB

Chairman

2.

Shri Sagar Dhara, Cerana Foundation, Hyderabad

Member

3.

Shri Shyam Chainani, Bombay Environmental Action Group, Mumbai

Member

4.

Ms. Manju Menon, Kalpavriksh, Pune

Member

II. Terms of Reference of the Task Force will be as follows:

  1. Review the current laws, policies, procedures and practices related to the EIA regimes in India, and recommend correctives.
  2. Similarly review the institutional and individual capacities available for conducting and assessing EIAs, in consultation with the Task Force on governance, and recommend correctives.
  3. Specifically, assess the measures in position, and their effectiveness, for ensuring transparency and level of participation in the EIA process, in consultation with the Task Force on governance, and recommend correctives.
  4. Ministry of Environment and Forests will provide basic information and data input to the Task Force as and when required.
  5. The Chairperson of the Task Force will be free to co-opt any official / non-official as special invitee for its meeting.
  6. The non-official members will be paid TA/DA by the Planning Commission as per SR 190 (a) for attending meetings of the Task Force.
  7. The Task Force will submit its report to the Chairman, Working Group on Environment by 31.10.2006.
  8. Shri M. Ravindranath, Joint Adviser (E and F), Room No. 301, Yojana Bhavan ( Tel No. 23096725) will be the Nodal Officer for the Task Force for all further communications.