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Union Environment Ministry is likely to finalise the amendments to the six green laws by October this year after consultations with legal experts and stakeholders. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the recommendations of the High Level Committee (HLC) which was constituted to review the six environmental laws was a "major" input but clarified that it does not mean that the government has accepted all the 55 recommendations.  "We have done due deliberations with many ministries, stakeholders. We have already appointed a law and management firm and both have looked into the best practises of countries like US, UK, China, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa. We have seen their laws.

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