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The Supreme Court of India has transferred its environmental oversight committee, the Central Empowered Committee, to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Facts About:

• The Supreme Court created this committee in 2002, and it was restructured in 2008.
• Its main job was to keep an eye on environmental issues and make sure everyone followed the rules.
• Now, there have been some changes. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change says the CEC shouldn't be a temporary group anymore; it should become a permanent team that deals with environmental stuff.

Here's how the new CEC will be set up:

• It will have a chairperson who has 25 years of experience in environment, forests, and wildlife or 25 years of big-time government work.
  • They can't be older than 66 years and should be at least an additional secretary in rank.
• The member secretary will be a full-time government officer, at least a Deputy Inspector General of forests or a director in the Government of India.
• They need to know a lot about the environment, forests, or wildlife and have 12 years of experience.
• There will be three expert members, one each for environment, forests, and wildlife. They should have 20 years of experience.
• The central government will pick these members for a three-year term.