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There was no mechanism in place to enforce the Environment Protection Act. In a vast country like India and in a federal set up, a law cannot be imposed unilaterally. In the final analysis, it is the States who are the main stakeholders and are primarily responsible for the protection of forests and environment. It was as complicated an affair as the introduction of a single tax like the GST

LG constitutes six-member Delhi State Haj Committee for three years

The members for the committee include MP Gautam Gambhir, two MLAs, Abdul Rehman and Haji Yunus, local body member Naziya Danish from ward number 189, one member Mohammad Saad as a person with knowledge of Muslim theology and Kausar Jahan from Muslim voluntary organisation in the field of public administration, finance, education and social work.