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Question 68

'Gadgil Committee Report' and 'Kasturirangan Committee Report', sometimes seen in the news, are related to

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A) constitutional reforms
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B) Ganga Action Plan
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C) linking of rivers
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D) protection of Western Ghats

BSolution

Both the 'Gadgil Committee Report' (officially, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, WGEEP, chaired by Madhav Gadgil, submitted in 2011) and the 'Kasturirangan Committee Report' (officially, the High-Level Working Group on Western Ghats, HLWG, chaired by K. Kasturirangan, submitted in 2013) were commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Their primary mandate was to assess the ecological health of the Western Ghats region and recommend measures for its conservation and protection, addressing concerns about environmental degradation and sustainable development in this biodiversity hotspot.

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CStrategy

For committee names and their associated reports often seen in the news, directly link them to the specific issue or region they investigated. These are frequently discussed in environmental policy and conservation contexts.

DSyllabus Analysis

This question pertains to Environment and Ecology (Conservation and Pollution) and Indian Geography (Western Ghats), a significant part of the UPSC Prelims syllabus.

EQuestion Analysis

Easy. These reports were widely discussed in the context of environmental policy and conservation in India.