Environment ministers are ministers of approval: Jairam Ramesh
Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said, "From 2014, ministers of environment have been ministers of approval." He added that an environment minister isn't doing his job if his success is based on number of approvals he gave. "I was Environment Minister for 26 months, had (I) not taken the decisions...I took I would have lasted 60 months," he said further.