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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forest has favoured debates and consultations before going ahead with the review of environment-related laws and statutes.
The committee headed by Ashwani Kumar was of the view that the “primacy of principles of environment protection” should be maintained while reviewing the legislations.
He was speaking to reporters here on Sunday after a four-day field visit to the State.
The Ministry of Environment and Forest had appointed a committee to review the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
The committee was also asked to suggest appropriate amendments to bring them in line with their objectives. The panel hoped that the government would not seek to dilute the provisions of law which dealt with environment protection.
According to the committee, the primacy of principles of environment protection should be ensured while reviewing the legislations. It was of the view that reviews and amendments are for strengthening the laws, which can be reviewed and new ones introduced to make them effective and efficient.
Governments may change. But the national priorities like environment protection should remain unchanged, he added.
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