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What did the Kasturirangan Committee (Western Ghats) recommend?

The Kasturirangan Committee (Western Ghats), chaired by K Kasturirangan (2013), reported on Western Ghats (review of Gadgil).

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ChairK Kasturirangan
Year2013
SubjectWestern Ghats (review of Gadgil)
GS paperGS-III

Diluted Gadgil: ~37% of the Ghats as ecologically sensitive; the Gadgil-vs-Kasturirangan tension resurfaces after every Kerala landslide.

ChairK Kasturirangan
Year2019
SubjectDraft National Education Policy
GS paperGS-II

The draft that became NEP 2020: 5+3+3+4, foundational literacy mission, multidisciplinary higher education.

ChairMadhav Gadgil
Year2011
SubjectWestern Ghats ecology
GS paperGS-III

Declare the entire Western Ghats ecologically sensitive with graded zones and local-community consent, considered too strict, never implemented.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Kasturirangan · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Policy_2020 · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats_Ecology_Expert_Panel

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