India is planning a radical overhaul of its environmental regulation to improve long neglected standards of compliance as it scrambles to protect fast- degrading natural resources.
According to Jairam Ramesh, environment minister, the Congress party-led government plans to set up an Environmental Protection Agency, modelled on that of the US, which would ensure that standards were implemented and monitored.
It has also sought parliamentary approval for the creation of other new environmental institutions including “green courts” aimed at resolving cases long stuck in the existing, overburdened judicial system.
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