{"id":41738,"date":"2016-03-01T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41738"},"modified":"2016-03-02T04:02:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T22:32:40","slug":"ngt-to-hold-global-meet-on-environmental-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-to-hold-global-meet-on-environmental-issues","title":{"rendered":"NGT to hold global meet on environmental issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38073\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38073\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-seeks-response-from-city-govt\/ngt-8\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ngt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NGT to hold global meet on environmental issues\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NGT to hold global meet on environmental issues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Green Tribunal in association with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), MoEF and Ministry of Water Resources, will hold a global conference to provide a new dimension to the environmental jurisprudence from a world perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is for the first time that UNEP is holding a conference in India in which around 55 delegates from 30 countries especially South Asian countries will participate,&#8221; NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.<\/p>\n<p>The programme to be held from March 4 to 6 will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Around 1,500 people, including world leaders, judges and experts in fields related to environment like bio-diversity and waste management are likely to participate in the conference. 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