Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox government agency Template:Wildlife of India The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Indian government ministry. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.[1]
The ministry is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of 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, forests and other wilderness areas; prevention and control of 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.
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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's first term as Prime Minister of India. The 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 Emergency) Gandhi added Article 48A to the 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.[2] 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.[3]
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 km square.[4]
Organisation
- Indian Forest Service (IFS)
- Authorities
- 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
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- Environmental Information System (ENVIS)[5]
- 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 (NMNH), New 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,[6] Thiruvananthapuram
- Autonomous institutions
Cabinet Ministers
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| Minister of Environment and Forests | ||||||||||
| 1 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:RajivGandhi.jpg | Rajiv Gandhi (1944Template:Ndash1991) MP for AmethiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
31 December 1984 |
22 October 1986 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Bhajan Lal (1930Template:Ndash2011) Rajya Sabha MP for HaryanaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 October 1986 |
14 February 1988 |
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| 3 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925Template:Ndash1992) MP for UnnaoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C until 25 June 1988) |
14 February 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
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| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931Template:Ndash2008) MP for FatehpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
2 December 1989 |
23 April 1990 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| 4 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:NilamaniRautray.jpg | Nilamani Routray (1920Template:Ndash2004) MP for PuriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 April 1990 |
10 November 1990 |
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| 5 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg | Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP for PilibhitScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
10 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
Template:Ayd | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Chandra Shekhar |
| 6 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:KamalNath.jpg | Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for ChhindwaraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
21 June 1991 |
15 September 1995 |
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| 7 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Rajesh Pilot 2008 stamp of India.jpg | Rajesh Pilot (1945Template:Ndash2000) MP for DausaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
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16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
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| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) UnelectedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
1 June 1996 |
29 June 1996 |
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| 8 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (1930Template:Ndash2018) MP for MuzaffarpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
29 June 1996 |
21 February 1997 |
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| 9 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Saifuddin Soz in September 2007 (cropped).jpg | Saifuddin Soz (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and KashmirScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 February 1997 |
21 April 1997 |
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| 21 April 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
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| 10 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg | Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP for RajapurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
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| 11 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 October 1999 |
21 December 2003 |
Template:Ayd | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee III | ||
| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924Template:Ndash2018) MP for LucknowScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
21 December 2003 |
9 January 2004 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 12 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | 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 | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP for RaipurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
9 January 2004 |
22 May 2004 |
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| 13 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | 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 | A. Raja (born 1963) MP for PerambalurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 May 2004 |
15 May 2007 |
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| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | Manmohan Singh (1932Template:Ndash2024) Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
15 May 2007 |
22 May 2009 |
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| 14 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jairam ramesh.jpg | Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
22 May 2009 |
12 July 2011 |
Template:Ayd | Manmohan II | |||
| 15 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Jayanthi Natarajan in 2012 (cropped).png | Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil NaduScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
12 July 2011 |
21 December 2013 |
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| 16 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:M. Veerappa Moily addressing a Press Conference on Electoral Reforms (cropped).jpg | Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for ChikballapurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 December 2013 |
26 May 2014 |
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| Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | ||||||||||
| 17 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg | Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
26 May 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
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| 18 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Anil Dave.jpg | Anil Madhav Dave (1956Template:Ndash2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
5 July 2016 |
18 May 2017 (died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 19 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg | Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP for Chandni ChowkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 May 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
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| (17) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg | Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
Template:Ayd | Modi II | |||
| 20 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Union Minister Bhupender Yadav.jpg | Bhupender Yadav (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan MP for AlwarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
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| 10 June 2024 |
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Ministers of State
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| 1 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Vir Sen MP for KhurjaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1984 |
25 September 1985 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rajiv Gandhi | |
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925Template:Ndash1992) MP for UnnaoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 September 1985 |
14 February 1988 |
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| 3 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Sumati Oraon Lok Sabha photo.jpg | Sumati Oraon (born 1935) MP for LohardagaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 July 1989 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 4 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg | Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP for PilibhitScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 December 1989 |
6 November 1990 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| 5 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (1930Template:Ndash2018) MP for MuzaffarpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 June 1996 |
29 June 1996 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 6 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Babulal Marandi.jpg | Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MP for DumkaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 13 October 1999 |
7 November 2000 |
Vajpayee III | ||||||||
| 7 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Dilip Singh Judeo (1949Template:Ndash2013) MP for Chhattisgarh (Rajya Sabha)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 January 2003 |
17 November 2003 |
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| 8 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Namo Narain Meena (cropped).jpg | Namo Narain Meena (born 1943) MP for Sawai MadhopurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 May 2004 |
22 May 2009 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Manmohan Singh |
| 9 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:S. Regupathy in 2004 (cropped).jpg | S. Regupathy (born 1950) MP for PudukkottaiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 May 2007 |
22 May 2009 |
Template:Ayd | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change | ||||||||||
| 10 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg | Mahesh Sharma (born 1959) MP for Gautam Buddh NagarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Narendra Modi |
| 11 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg | Babul Supriyo (born 1970) MP for AsansolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
Template:Ayd | Modi II | |||
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7 July 2021 |
10 June 2024 |
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| 13 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg | Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1966) MP for GondaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | Template:Ayd | Modi III | |||
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Initiatives
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 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.[7][8]
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 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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 (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
External links
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