Inform me of your meetings with minister Prakash Javadekar: MoeF Secretary to team

Ashok Lavasa's order also said the “subject matter of the meeting should be clearly mentioned” and “the agenda should be circulated well in advance”.

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Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadeker

Signalling a turf war at the top in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Secretary Ashok Lavasa has directed ministry officials that he be “informed immediately” about their meetings with Minister Prakash Javadekar, and the agenda “circulated well in advance”.

The office of the Secretary issued an order on July 13 which stated that “while issuing notices for meetings/presentations chaired by the minister”, he “should be informed immediately about the meeting… a copy of the notice should be marked to the office of the Secretary”.

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It also said the “subject matter of the meeting should be clearly mentioned” and “the agenda should be circulated well in advance”.

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This unusual direction, sources said, has only intensified speculation that all’s not well at the top in the ministry.

Sources pointed out that there have been occasions when the Secretary, despite being present at Paryavaran Bhawan in Jor Bagh, has skipped “general internal meetings” called by the Minister.

Sources said the Secretary reports directly to the Prime Minister’s Office, providing weekly briefs on the status of development projects pending clearance with the ministry.

Neither Lavasa nor Javadekar responded to multiple emails and phone calls on what necessitated the order by the office of the Secretary.

Jay Mazoomdaar

Jay Mazoomdaar is an investigative reporter focused on offshore finance, equitable growth, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. Over two decades, his work has been recognised by the International Press Institute, the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, the Commonwealth Press Union, the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, the Asian College of Journalism etc. Mazoomdaar’s major investigations include the extirpation of tigers in Sariska, global offshore probes such as Panama Papers, Robert Vadra’s land deals in Rajasthan, India’s dubious forest cover data, Vyapam deaths in Madhya Pradesh, mega projects flouting clearance conditions, Nitin Gadkari’s link to e-rickshaws, India shifting stand on ivory ban to fly in African cheetahs, the loss of indigenous cow breeds, the hydel rush in Arunachal Pradesh, land mafias inside Corbett, the JDY financial inclusion scheme, an iron ore heist in Odisha, highways expansion through the Kanha-Pench landscape etc. ... Read More

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