“Prime Minister Modi has awarded Javadekar for being a minister for environment approval and not environment protection,” Ramesh said. Javadekar obliged Modi and party president Amit Shah with almost 100% project approval -- a record no previous environment minister can match. The elevation of environment minister Prakash Javadekar to the high-profile HRD ministry and the dismissal of junior tribal affairs minister has a clear message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- there is no place for perceived obstructionists in his governance plan. “He has taken pride in giving clearances and has nothing to report on measures taken to protect the environment”. The law gave back the tribals the power to say no to a project coming up in forest land.

Source: Hindustan Times July 05, 2016 14:48 UTC