Important Committees and their functionaries! (Very Important for UPSC Prelims) A thread

• Forest Advisory Committee: - MoEFCC, Statutory, - Chairman: Director General of Forest • National Board for Wild Life - PM as Chairman - MoEFCC as vice-chairman • NTCA - Chairman: MoEF&CC • Inter state Council (Art. 263) - Chairman: PM

• Zonal Councils (5, Statutory) - Chairman: Home minister - VC: CM by rotation • NE Zonal Council (NE Zonal Council Act) - Chairman: Home minister - VC: Mo North East Development • Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) - RBI - 6 Members (3 From RBI, 3 Appointed by GoI)

• The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) - Under MoEFCC - Chaired by the Special Secretary/Additional Secretary of MoEFCC - Co-chaired by a representative from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) • Wildlife Crime Control Bureau - Under the MoEF&CC