Parliamentary panel objects to diversion of clean energy fund to compensate states for GST

A parliamentary panel, headed by BJP’s  Murli Manohar Joshi , has taken objection to the Centre’s move to divert a large chunk of the Rs 86,440-crore  National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) to compensate states for their revenue loss following the rollout of goods and services tax. Such a move, says the committee on estimates, will impact efforts to check global warming. In its report on the…