It's not often that a minister in India willingly gives up some of his powers. Minister for Environment and Forests PROPOSED TRIFURCATION Ministry of Environment & Forests Core Functions S Legislation & Policy ? Parliamentary Matters ll Implementation of Central Schemes ? Centre-State Issues International Cooperation and Negotiations m Education 31 Centres of Excellence However Jairam Ramesh rather enthusiastically hopes to do just that. Last fortnight, he announced that he would like to substantially reduce government control over issue of clearances for setting up industries and transfer National Environment Protection Authority Compliance & Enforcement ? Monitoring of Environment Clearances (currently with MoEF) Monitoring of Pollution Standards (currently with CPCB) these powers to a new independent regulator