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CEE sets up Information
and Facilitation Counter for the Ministry of Environment
and Forests, GoI
In a simple
ceremony, Secretary (Environment & Forests) Dr.
Prodipto Ghosh launched the "re-oriented"
Information & Facilitation Counter (IFC) of the
Ministry of Environment & Forests on 20th December,
2005 at Paryavaran Bhavan, New Delhi. CEE has been assigned
the task of designing and setting up the IFC, and running
it for three years. The new IFC has the following features
and facilities:
- helpdesk area for visitor guidance and assistance;
- touchscreen facility where visitors can browse MoEF
information, and application/ project clearance status
on-line;
- displays of MoEF publications, reports, and announcements
of events/ happenings at Paryavaran Bhavan;
- a sitting & reading area for visitors;
- a staff cabin and storage area.
Under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the IFC will
provide a range of services and assistance to users,
including general information on MoEF; guidance for
meeting officials; clearance status of projects (impact
assessment, forest clearance, pollution clearance, industrial
clearance, genetic engineering clearance); assistance
on application procedures; interface with nominated
Nodal Officers of various divisions of MoEF. In the
near future, a service for receiving and forwarding
applications/ queries under the RTI Act will also be
started, including the provision of document photocopies
for a prescribed fee.
For more information, please contact: 011 24362064
Email: ifc@ceeindia.org.
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