Q. 1). River Ganga has played an important role in defining the different aspects of beliefs concerning religion of common people of India. It is called lifeline of northern India. The Previous UPA Govt. has allocated around Rs. 20,000 crores through the two phases of Ganga Action Plan But only Rs. 987 crores has been spent in the two phases. These two GAP Plans had failed considerably. The National Ganga Basin River Authority (NGBRA) was launched in 2009 due to failure of Ganga Aaction Plan I and II. NGBRA has basin-specific approach. Funds were shared for the projects between the centre and states for its implementation. The Centre planned to build projects through public-private participation (PPP) method. It was failed …show more content…
The dependence of funds and infrastructure on the Central Govt. is a major cause of concern but the scheme of the NGT Act clearly gives the Tribunal complete independence to discharge its judicial functions, have security of tenure and conditions of service. In NGT, you can get a judgment in two years, maximum. In some cases, judgments even come within three months showing its expeditious disposal of cases pertaining to environment. One of the most significant powers of the NGT is the capacity to do “merit review” as opposed to only “judicial review.” Under the writ jurisdiction of the High Court or Supreme Court, the courts are essentially concerned with the “decision making process” and not the “merits” of the decision. As a merit court, the NGT becomes the primary decision maker and therefore can undertake an in-depth scrutiny into not just the law but also the technical basis of a particular …show more content…
Various reports indicate that the number of JFMC functioning is very low and if JFMC are to be effective, a lot of effort is needed. Lack of community participation, ineffective leadership, lack of statutory institutional support and tenurial security are the major concerns that need to be address to make JFMC effective. However, the implementation of JFMC has not achieved the goals to a sufficient degree. JFMC has not improved to the expected level, perhaps due to the poor links between produce availability and market channels. As the external support is declining, therefore, there is a need to undertake intensive analysis involving all