Correspondence regarding Social Audit Panel (Part 2/2)

MS-007-2-6-49-33

Correspondence between Swaminathan and various employees of the Ministry of Environment and Forests regarding the Social Audit Panel (SAP). Folder contains multiple letters from N.Bhaskara Rao regarding Swaminathan travelling to Delhi, meetings and other details; Letter from Saifuddin Soz, the new Minister for Environment and Forests inviting Swaminathan back since he had resigned from the panel; Swaminathan's reply to the aforementioned letter; Letters on various details to and from N.Bhaskar including a list of dates Swaminathan will be in New Delhi and another list of scheduled future meetings of the SAP in Madras, Ahmedabad and Delhi; Draft report on "Land, Water and Bio-diversity (Culture and Equity) prepared by R.Rajamani (enclosed in a letter sent from Bhaskar); Extracts from National Conservation Strategy and Policy Statement on Enviroment and Development; Agenda of the SAP meeting at Madras on the 27th/28th of February 1996; Handwritten note regarding a form to be filled up for the Bombay meeting; Recommendations of Working Group on Afforestation for Consideration of MEF; Guidelines for the diversion of forest lands for non-forest purposes under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; Brief Note Regarding Proposal for Involvement of Industry in Afforestation of Degraded Forest Land; Speech of minister for Enivronment and Forests at the NGO Meeting on January 23rd 1996; Letter from P.K Dash to Medha Patkar informing here that her suggestions have been forwarded to N.Bhaskar Rao; Aforementioned letter from Medha Patkar; forms related to Travelling Allowance Bill for Tour; Letter from Swaminathan to R.S Pathak, informing his unavailability to attend the SAP meeting to be held in the latter's house due to medical reasons; handwritten schedule of various meetings related to SAP activites from Bhaskar Rao for Swaminathan.

January 1996 - May 1997

M S Swaminathan Papers

Series 2: Correspondence

SS6: 1989-2020