Method of functioning of environment ministry puzzles me: Jaitley

December 23, 2013 15:22

Arun Jaitley's blog on the ministry of environment and forests: "The method of functioning of the Ministry of Environment & Forests in the last one decade has continued to puzzle me. One had hoped that with a regime of de-licensing initiated in 1991, entrepreneurs would not have to lobby in the corridors of power in Delhi. Regrettably, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has brought back the quota licensing regime."

Read the full blog here.

In a shake up ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan resigned on Saturday from the Union Council of Ministers and more may be in line for being drafted into party work.

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