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	- The central government notified the formation of a “permanent” Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in response to the Supreme Court order.
 
	- The committee on environment issues, which has been ad hoc so far, will now be recognised as a permanent statutory body.
 
	- The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) was initially established by the apex court in 2002.
 
	- It was directed to be constituted at national level for monitoring the apex court orders pertaining to forests and wildlife cases. 
 
                                 
                            
                                
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