UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q4

Environment

Medium · NGT and CPCB: Institutional Basis

Consider the following statements comparing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB):

1. Unlike the CPCB, which was set up by an executive order of the government, the NGT was established by a specific Act of Parliament.

2. The NGT and the CPCB perform materially different functional roles within India's environmental governance framework.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?