26-10-2020 | 16:36 PM
Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
The Union Government is planning to divest the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) of its status as an independent entity of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
The major responsibility of WII is to provide advice to the Ministry based on scientific information on policy and management of the country’s Wildlife Resources.
The Autonomous Bodies or independent entities are set up whenever it is felt that certain functions need to be discharged independently without day-to-day interference of the Governmental machinery.
These are set up by the Ministries/Departments concerned with the subject matter and are funded through grants-in-aid, either fully or partially.
