‘Gadgil Committee Report’ and ‘Kasturirangam Committee Report’, sometimes seen in the news, are related to
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2016 Prelims]
(a) constitutional reforms
(b) Ganga Action Plan
(c) linking of rivers
(d) protection of Western Ghats
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
- Gadgil Commission, an environmental research commission is named after its chairman Madhav Gadgil.
- The commission is formally known as Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP).
- Kasturirangan committee was constituted to examine the WGEEP report.
- The committee is often called HLWG – it denotes the 10 member high-level working group (HLWG), headed by Kasturirangan.
