MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI
NATARAJAN)
(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question
No.289 for reply on 18.3.13 raised by Shri Shri Yashbant N.S. Laguri and Shri Prem Das
Rai regarding National Green Tribunal
(a) and (b) As per the information received from the National Green Tribunal (NGT),
the data relating to the number of cases referred to the Tribunal along with the number
of cases disposed off during the last three years and the current year is as under:
Year No. of cases No. of cases disposed off filed/ referred/ transferred in/to NGT
2011 109 57
(From 4.7.2011
onwards)
2012 404 252
2013 131 69
(upto
28.2.2013)
Total 644 378
The State-wise data as well as the data relating to the accused identified in the
disposed off cases is not maintained in the NGT.
(c) The action on the part of the Government in respect of the identified accused is
taken as per law.