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{{Infobox government agency
| name            = Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
| seal            = Ministry-of-Environment-Forest-and-Climate-Change.jpg
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| logo            = Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) logo.webp
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| logo_caption    = Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
| formed          = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1985}}
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters    = [[Indira Paryavaran Bhawan]], Jorbagh Road, [[New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moef.gov.in/content/contact-us |title=Contact Us &#124; Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India |website=Moef.gov.in |date=2015-07-31 |access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref>
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| budget          = {{INRConvert|2870|c}} <small>(2021–22 est.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prsindia.org/budgets/parliament/demand-for-grants-2021-22-analysis-environment-forests-and-climate-change#:~:text=Allocation%20in%20Union%20Budget%202021,union%20government%20for%202021%2D22.|format=web|title=MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE DEMAND NO. 27 : Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change|website=Indiabudget.gov.in|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref></small>
| minister1_name  = [[Bhupender Yadav]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Cabinet Minister]]
| minister2_name  = [[Kirti Vardhan Singh]]
| minister2_pfo   = [[Minister of State]]
| chief1_name     = Tanmay Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = Secretary (EF&CC)
| chief2_name     = Jitender Kumar, [[Indian Forest Service|IFS]]
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{{Wildlife of India}}
The '''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change''' ('''MoEFCC''') is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]]. The ministry [[Portfolio (government)|portfolio]] is currently held by [[Bhupender Yadav]], Union Minister of Environment, Forest and [[Climate Change]].<ref name="intoday.in">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harsh-vardhan-gets-additional-charge-of-environment/1/956782.html|title=Following Anil Daves death, Dr Harsh Vardhan gets additional charge of environment|website=Indiatoday.intoday.in|date=18 May 2017 |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

The ministry is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of [[Natural environment|environmental]] and [[forestry]] programmes in the country. The main activities undertaken by the ministry include conservation and survey of the [[flora of India]] and [[fauna of India]], [[forest]]s and other [[wilderness area]]s; prevention and control of [[pollution control|pollution]]; Indian Himalayan Environment and its sustainable development; [[afforestation]], and [[land degradation]] mitigation. It is responsible for the administration of the [[national parks of India]].
[[File:Secretary Kerry Meets With India's Environment Minister Javadekar at COP21 in Paris (23651621445).jpg|thumb|[[Prakash Javadekar]] meeting with US Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] at [[COP21]] in Paris.|right]]

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the cadre controlling authority of the [[Indian Forest Service]] (IFS), one of the three [[All India Services]].

==History==
Environmental debates were  first introduced into the national political agenda during [[Indira Gandhi|Indira Gandhi's]] [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|first term]] as [[Prime Minister of India]]. The [[Five-Year plans of India|4th Five-Year Plan]] (1969–74), for example, proclaimed "harmonious development [...] on the basis of a comprehensive appraisal of environmental issues." In 1977 (during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]]) Gandhi added Article 48A to the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] stating that: "The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country." The same decree transferred wildlife and forests from state list to concurrent list of the constitution, thus giving the central government the power to overrule state decisions on that matter. Such political and constitutional changes prepared the groundwork for the creation of a federal ''Department of Environment'' in 1980, turned into the ''Ministry of Environment and Forests'' in 1985.<ref name="Khagram">Sanjeev Khagram (2004) "Dams and Development", New York, Cornell University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-8014-8907-5}}</ref>
Although tackling [[climate change]] was already a responsibility of the ministry, its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to the current title of ''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministry of environment and forests undergoes a nomenclature change|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-28/news/50149634_1_climate-change-navroz-dubash-climate-action-network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601185220/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-28/news/50149634_1_climate-change-navroz-dubash-climate-action-network|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=4 December 2016|date=28 May 2014}}</ref>

==Administration==
The forest administration is based on demarcation of states into Forest Divisions which consists of Forest Ranges. Forest Beats under Ranges are the smallest unit of administration hierarchy. Natural features on the field form the boundaries of each beat which has an average area of around 16&nbsp;km square.<ref name="TSR-2018">{{cite book |editor1-last=Jhala |editor1-first=Yadvendradev Vikramsinh |editor2-last=Qureshi |editor2-first=Qamar |editor3-last=Nayak |editor3-first=Anup Kumar |title=Status of tigers, copredators and prey in India, 2018. |date=July 2020 |publisher=[[National Tiger Conservation Authority]], [[Government of India]], New Delhi, and [[Wildlife Institute of India]], Dehradun. |isbn=978-8185496504 |edition=First}}</ref>

==Organisation==
*'''[[Indian Forest Service]] (IFS)'''
*'''Authorities'''
** [[Central Zoo Authority of India]], [[New Delhi]]
** [[National Biodiversity Authority]], [[Chennai]]
** [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]], New Delhi
** [[Wildlife Crime Control Bureau]]
*'''Subordinate offices'''
** [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation]] (Public Sector Undertaking)
** [[Animal Welfare Board of India]], Chennai
** [[Botanical Survey of India]] (BSI), [[Kolkata]]
** [[Central Pollution Control Board]]{{anchor|ENVIS}}
** [[Environmental Information System]] (ENVIS)<ref>{{Cite web|title=About ENVIS |url=http://envis.nic.in/ENVIS_html/about.html }}</ref>
** [[Odisha State Pollution Control Board]]
** [[Delhi Pollution Control Committee]]
** [[Directorate of Forest Education]]
** [[Forest Survey of India]]
** [[Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy]]
** [[National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board]]
** [[National Board of Wildlife]]
** [[National Institute of Animal Welfare]]
** [[National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi|National Museum of Natural History]] (NMNH), New Delhi
** [[National Zoological Park Delhi|National Zoological Park]] (NZP), New Delhi
** [[Zoological Survey of India]] (ZSI), Kolkata
*'''Centres of excellence'''
** [[Centre for Environment Education]], [[Ahmedabad]]
** [[C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre]], [[Chennai]]
** [[Centre for Animals and Environment]], [[Bangalore]]
** [[Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics]], Chennai
** [[Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions]], Bangalore
** [[Centre for Ecological Sciences]], Bangalore
** [[Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem]], New Delhi
** [[Centre for Mining Environment]], [[Dhanbad]]
** [[Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History]] (SACON), [[Coimbatore]]
** [[Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://envfor.nic.in/about-ministry/tropical-botanic-garden-and-research-institute |title=Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute &#124; Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India |website=Envfor.nic.in |access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref> [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
*'''Autonomous institutions'''
** [[G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment|G. B.Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment]], [[Almora]]
** [[Indian Institute of Forest Management]], [[Bhopal]]
** [[Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute]], Bengaluru
** [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]] (ICFRE), [[Dehradun]]
** [[Wildlife Institute of India]] (WII), Dehradun

== Cabinet Ministers ==
*'''Note:''' MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! colspan="11"| Minister of Environment and Forests
|-
! 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 31 December<br>1984
| 22 October<br>1986
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1986|10|22}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| 
| rowspan="3" style="width:9em"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 
| '''[[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi|Bhajan Lal]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2011)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Haryana]]}}
| 22 October<br>1986
| 14 February<br>1988
| '''{{ayd|1986|10|22|1988|2|14}}'''
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ziaur Rahman Ansari]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}1992)<br>MP for [[Unnao Lok Sabha constituency|Unnao]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C until 25 June 1988)
| 14 February<br>1988
| 2 December<br>1989
| '''{{ayd|1988|2|14|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 2 December<br>1989
| 23 April<br>1990
| '''{{ayd|1989|12|2|1990|4|23}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"| 
| rowspan="2"| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''
|-
! 4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:NilamaniRautray.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nilamani Routray]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Puri Lok Sabha constituency|Puri]]}}
| 23 April<br>1990
| 10 November<br>1990
| '''{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|10}}'''
|-
! 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| [[File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Maneka Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency|Pilibhit]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 10 November<br>1990
| 21 June<br>1991
| '''{{ayd|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}'''
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|-
! 6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:KamalNath.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Kamal Nath]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)<br>MP for [[Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency|Chhindwara]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 21 June<br>1991
| 15 September<br>1995
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1995|9|15}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| 
| rowspan="2"| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''
|-
! 7
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Rajesh Pilot 2008 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajesh Pilot]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2000)<br>MP for [[Dausa Lok Sabha constituency|Dausa]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 15 September<br>1995
| 16 May<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}'''
|-
! {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 16 May<br>1996
| 1 June<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
! {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1933)<br>''Unelected''}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 1 June<br>1996
| 29 June<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="3"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
|-
! 8
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 29 June<br>1996
| 21 February<br>1997
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|29|1997|2|21}}'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 9
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Saifuddin Soz in September 2007 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Saifuddin Soz]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1937)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
| 21 February<br>1997
| 21 April<br>1997
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1997|2|21|1998|3|19}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
|-
| 21 April<br>1997
| 19 March<br>1998
| [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''
|-
! 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}"|
| [[File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Suresh Prabhu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency|Rajapur]]}}
| 19 March<br>1998
| 13 October<br>1999
| '''{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|10|13}}'''
| [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| [[File:T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[T. R. Baalu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)<br>MP for [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Chennai South]]}}
| 13 October<br>1999
| 21 December<br>2003
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2003|12|21}}'''
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
! {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 21 December<br>2003
| 9 January<br>2004
| '''{{ayd|2003|12|21|2004|1|9}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:The Governor of Tripura, Shri Ramesh Bais calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, in New Delhi on August 09, 2019 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ramesh Bais]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)<br>MP for [[Raipur Lok Sabha constituency|Raipur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 9 January<br>2004
| 22 May<br>2004
| '''{{ayd|2004|1|9|2004|5|22}}'''
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| [[File:A still of the Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri A. Raja during a meeting of Chief Wildlife Wardens and Field Directors of Project Tiger Reserves, in New Delhi on May 26, 2005.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[A. Raja]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1963)<br>MP for [[Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency|Perambalur]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 15 May<br>2007
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2007|5|15}}'''
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| rowspan="2"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
! {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 15 May<br>2007
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2007|5|15|2009|5|22}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jairam Ramesh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 22 May<br>2009
| 12 July<br>2011
| '''{{ayd|2009|5|22|2011|7|12}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
|-
! 15
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Jayanthi Natarajan in 2012 (cropped).png|70px]]
| '''[[Jayanthi Natarajan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 12 July<br>2011
| 21 December<br>2013
| '''{{ayd|2011|7|12|2013|12|21}}'''
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:M. Veerappa Moily addressing a Press Conference on Electoral Reforms (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Veerappa Moily]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1940)<br>MP for [[Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chikballapur]]}}
| 21 December<br>2013
| 26 May<br>2014
| '''{{ayd|2013|12|21|2014|5|26}}'''
|-
! colspan="11"| Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
|-
! 17
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Prakash Javadekar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 26 May<br>2014
| 5 July<br>2016
| '''{{ayd|2014|5|26|2016|7|5}}'''
| rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="6"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
! 18
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Anil Dave.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Anil Madhav Dave]]'''<br>{{small|(1956{{ndash}}2017)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 5 July<br>2016
| 18 May<br>2017<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
| '''{{ayd|2016|7|5|2017|5|18}}'''
|-
! 19
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
| 18 May<br>2017
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2017|5|18|2019|5|30}}'''
|-
! (17)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Prakash Javadekar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
| 31 May<br>2019
| 7 July<br>2021
| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
! rowspan="2"| 20
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Union Minister Bhupender Yadav.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Bhupender Yadav]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1969)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]<br/>MP for [[Alwar Lok Sabha constituency|Alwar]]}}
| 7 July<br>2021
| 9 June<br/>2024
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7}}'''
|-
| 10 June<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}

== Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! colspan="11"| Minister of State for Environment and Forests
|-
! 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 
| '''[[Vir Sen]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Khurja Lok Sabha constituency|Khurja]]}}
| 31 December<br>1984
| 25 September<br>1985
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| 
| rowspan="4" style="width:9em"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ziaur Rahman Ansari]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}1992)<br>MP for [[Unnao Lok Sabha constituency|Unnao]]}}
| 25 September<br>1985
| 14 February<br>1988
| '''{{ayd|1985|9|25|1988|2|14}}'''
|-
! colspan="7"| 
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[File:Sumati Oraon Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sumati Oraon]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1935)<br>MP for [[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]}}
| 4 July<br>1989
| 2 December<br>1989
| '''{{ayd|1989|7|4|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! 4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Maneka Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency|Pilibhit]]}}
| 6 December<br>1989
| 6 November<br>1990
| '''{{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|11|6}}'''
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''
|-
! colspan="11"| 
|-
! 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]}}
| 1 June<br>1996
| 29 June<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}'''
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
|-
! colspan="11"| 
|-
! rowspan="2"| 6
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Babulal Marandi.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Babulal Marandi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1958)<br>MP for [[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]}}
| 19 March<br>1998
| 13 October<br>1999
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1998|3|19|2000|11|7}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
| 13 October<br>1999
| 7 November<br>2000
| rowspan="3"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
! colspan="7"| 
|-
! 7
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 
| '''[[Dilip Singh Judeo]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Chhattisgarh]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 29 January<br>2003
| 17 November<br>2003
| '''{{ayd|2003|1|29|2003|11|17}}'''
|-
! colspan="11"| 
|-
! 8
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Namo Narain Meena (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Namo Narain Meena]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1943)<br>MP for [[Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency|Sawai Madhopur]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| [[File:S. Regupathy in 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[S. Regupathy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency|Pudukkottai]]}}
| 15 May<br>2007
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2007|5|15|2009|5|22}}'''
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
! colspan="11"| Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
|-
! 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mahesh Sharma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gautam Buddh Nagar]]}}
| 3 September<br>2017
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2017|9|3|2019|5|30}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Babul Supriyo]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1970)<br>MP for [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency|Asansol]]}}
| 31 May<br>2019
| 7 July<br>2021
| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey on July 25, 2018.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]}}
| 7 July<br>2021
| 10 June<br/>2024
| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|10}}'''
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Kirti Vardhan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1966)<br>MP for [[Gonda Lok Sabha constituency|Gonda]]}}
| 10 June<br>2024
| Incumbent
| '''{{ayd|2024|6|10}}'''
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}

==Initiatives==
In August 2019 Ministry of Environment released the '''Draft National [[Resource efficiency|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 resource efficient circular approach; waste minimization; material security and creation of employment opportunities and business model beneficial to cause of environment protection and restoration. It was based on the report of [[NITI Aayog]] and [[European Union]] titled, ''The strategy on resource efficiency''. The policy seeks to set up a '''National Resource Efficiency Authority''' with core working group housed in the Ministry. It also plans to offer tax benefits on recycled materials and soft loans to set up waste disposal and material recovery facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1582367#:~:|title=Comments called for on the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy Released|website=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2020-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/45027/joint-declaration-with-india-on-resource-efficiency-and-circular-economy.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjnxsiatN7rAhWkkOYKHS5IDK8QFjABegQIDRAH&usg=AOvVaw1D0BHGoD1oAitmQXkJO7HS|title=EU-India joint declaration on resource efficiency and circular economy(PDF)|website=Consilium.europa.eu|access-date=2020-09-10}}</ref>

As of 8 December 2021, some states have received more than Rupees 47,000 crore for afforestation. The states are directed to channel this amount as [[Compensatory Afforestation|compensatory afforestation]] which shall be used for plantations, assisted natural forest regeneration, forest fire-prevention, pest and disease control in forest, and expedite soil and moisture conservation works.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==See also==
* [[Fauna of India]]
* [[Wildlife of India]]
* [[Environment of India ]]
* [[Wildlife Institute of India]]
* [[Forest Research Institute (India)]]
* [[Arid Forest Research Institute]]
* [[Van Vigyan Kendra|Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK)]] (Forest Science Centres)
* [[List of forest research institutes in India]]
* [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]]
* [[Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species]]
* [[List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India]]* [[Forest Research Institute (India)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://moef.gov.in/en/}}
* [http://envfor.nic.in/about-ministry/autonomous-organisations/ Autonomous Organisations]

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