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The drafting process involved extensive consultations, conducted across cities and regions in India: Bangalore (South), New Delhi (North), Kolkata (East) and Mumbai (West). In addition to consultations, written feedback was also solicited. The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), [5] [6] led the entire process. It worked towards ...
The Environment Protection Act, 1986. [1] is enforced by the Central Pollution Control Board and the numerous State Pollution Control Boards.The National Green Tribunal established under the National Green Tribunal Act of 2010 [2] has jurisdiction over all environmental cases dealing with a substantial environmental question and acts covered under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution ...
This act was enacted by the Parliament of India in 1986. As the introduction says, "An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith: Where as the decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in June 1972, in which India participated, to take appropriate steps for the protection and ...
In India, Environmental law is governed by the Environment Protection Act, 1986. [101] This act is enforced by the Central Pollution Control Board and the numerous State Pollution Control Boards. Apart from this, there are also individual legislation specifically enacted for the protection of Water, Air, Wildlife, etc. Such legislations include :
Environment policies of the Government of India include legislations related to environment.. In the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 48A says "the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country"; Article 51-A states that "it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural ...
Prior to the CBD, India had different laws to govern the environment. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972 protected the biodiversity. In addition to this act, the government passed the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992 for control of biodiversity. [29]
In August 2019 Ministry of Environment released the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy. It is a set of guidelines which envisions a future with environmentally sustainable and equitable economic growth. The policy is guided by principle of reduction in primary resource consumption; creation of higher value with less material through ...
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; Climate Change Act 2008; Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; Energy Act 2010; Environment Act 1995; Environmental Protection Act 1990; Flood and Water Management Act 2010; Forestry Act 1991; Ground Game Act 1880; Hunting Act 2004; Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006