 bill no  48  of  2014 the national green tribunal (amendment) bill, 2014 by shri vincent h pala, mp a billto amend the national green tribunal act, 2010be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the national green tribunal (amendment) act, 2014short title2 after section 14 of the national green tribunal act, 2010, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 14a"14a notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) of section 14, the tribunal shall have no jurisdiction over cases arising out of,—5(a) implementation of such matters of policy as are aimed at securing economic welfare or security of the citizens and are the exclusive responsibility of the union government; or tribunal to have no jurisdiction over matters relating to economic welfare or security(b) matters that gravely affect the common man by prohibiting or denying them to engage in employment or earn livelihood" statement of objects and reasonsthe recent interim order of the national green tribunal banning the rat-hole coal mining in the state of meghalaya has resulted in deleterious economic consequences the protection of environment should not be at the cost of humanity if there is a conflict between livelihood of common man and protection of environment, the former has to be favoured hawkish protection of environment at the cost of livelihood of children, labourers and traditional workers is not indicative of a progressive societythe ban on rat-hole coal mining has resulted in labourers abandoning their children or selling them as they are no more economically capable to take care of them transport industry has been stricken cement plants are starfed of fuel those who are traditionally engaged in the mining for more than half a century stand suddenly uprooted the recent orders of tribunal comes at a time when the owners and others engaged in the mining industry are ready to be inclusive in becoming more economic-friendly banning the rat-hole mining activities, without providing an alternative means for survival to thousands of labourers is gross injustice to themthere are also several such other orders of courts and tribunals which throw out of gear the smooth progression of society in the name of dispensation of justice and strict implementation of law what constitutes public welfare is a subject matter of serious discourse and demands fulfillment of legitimate expectations of common man by the state the banning of rat-hole coal mining in the state of meghalaya is causing deep unrest among the owners and miners as it is leaving them without the means of earning a livelihoodthe jurisdiction of the tribunal, therefore, needs to be restricted so as to prohibit it to decide on cases which if upheld by it would result in denial to a considerable number of citizens the right to earn their livelihoodhence this billnew delhi;vincent h palajune 26, 2014 lok  sabha———— a billto amend the national green tribunal act, 2010————(shri vincent h pala, mp)gmgipmrnd—759ls(s3)—01-07-2014