What is Madhav Gadgil report?

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), also known as the Gadgil Commission after its chairman Madhav Gadgil, was an environmental research commission appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of India. The commission submitted the report to the Government of India on 31 August 2011.

What is Western Ghat called in Kerala?

The Western Ghats, also called the Sahyadri, are a north-south chain of mountains or hills that mark the western edge of the Deccan plateau region.

Where are the Western Ghat mountains?

The Western Ghats mountain range extends down the western side of India from the River Tapti, north of Mumbai, to Tamil Nadu at the southern tip of India.

Why Western Ghat is famous?

Western Ghats are best known for their biological diversity and endemism. Also, it one of the world’s eight hottest hotspots of biodiversity.

What is Kasturirangan Committee?

The Kasturirangan committee report has proposed 37% of the total area of Western Ghats to be declared as Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA). The Karnataka’s Government is of the opinion that declaring Western Ghats as ESA would adversely affect the livelihood of people in the region.

When was Kasturirangan Committee constituted?

In August 2012, then Environment Minister constituted a High-Level Working Group on Western Ghats under Kasturirangan to “examine” the Gadgil Committee report in a “holistic and multidisciplinary fashion in the light of responses received” from states, central ministries and others.

Which plant is known as Queen of Western Ghats?

The range is known as Sahyan or Sahian in Kerala. In the southern part of the range is Anamudi (2,695 metres (8,842 ft)), the highest peak in the Western Ghats. Ooty is called the Queen of the Western ghats.

Which is the highest peak of Western Ghat?

Cardamom HillsWestern Ghats / Highest point

What is Gadgil and Kasturirangan report?

Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the Western Ghats as the highest-priority Ecologically Sensitive Zone (ESZ -1). Kasturirangan report marks only 37 percent area (but considers wider Western Ghat boundaries) as ESA. Gadgil’s report proposed to declare this entire landscape as ESA, creating three ESZs within it.

What is Subramanian Committee?

The Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy aka the TSR Subramanian Committee submitted its National Policy on Education 2016 draft to the Union HRD ministry on May 28, 2016. Highlights of the 49-page ‘Summary of Recommendations’ of the report are given hereunder.