Green Panel appointments of power and mining corporations' ex-heads raise question of ethics
Express News Service NEW DELHI: Officials who headed power and mining corporations will now give green clearance to upcoming projects in these sectors, raising questions of propriety. An independent director of a private mining company, former CMD of NHPC and former director (Technical) of NTPC are among those appointed to the Union environment ministry's expert appraisal committees (EACs) as 'non-official' members with a mandate to assess damage to the environment by hydroelectric, thermal power and coal mining projects. The appointments to the reconstituted EACs on Thermal Power and Coa...
Source: newindianexpress.com