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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Agency overview

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Formed	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh Road,New Delhi^[1]
Annual budget	₹2,870 crore (US$340 million)(2021–22 est.)^[2]
Ministers responsible	Bhupender Yadav,Cabinet Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh,Minister of State
Agency executives	Tanmay Kumar,IAS, Secretary (EF&CC) Jitender Kumar,IFS, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary
Website	https://moef.gov.in/

Wildlife of India

Biodiversity Fauna Flora Lists Amphibians Ants Birds Butterflies Endangered animals Fish Mammals Molluscs Moths Odonates Reptiles Spiders Tiger beetles
Protected areas Biosphere reserves Communal forests Conservation areas Conservation and community reserves Elephant reserves National parks Private protected areas Ramsar Sites Reserved and protected forests Tiger reserves Wildlife sanctuaries
Conservation Projects Cheetah Dolphin Elephant Tiger Acts of Parliament Indian Forest Act 1927 Wildlife Protection Act 1972 Wildlife Protection Act 2002
Organisations National Ministry of Environment and Forests National Biodiversity Authority Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding Council of Forestry Research Indian Forest Service / Survey Institute of Forest Management Wildlife Institute Tiger Conservation Authority Zoo Authority International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) South Asian Zoo Association (SAZARC) World Animal Protection World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Related topics Environmental issues Fossil parks Forestry Natural history Tourism Lists Botanical gardens Ecoregions Zoological gardens Wildlife population Elephant Tiger Wildlife
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TheMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is anIndian government ministry. The ministryportfolio is currently held byBhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest andClimate Change.^[3]

The ministry is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation ofenvironmental andforestry programmes in the country. The main activities undertaken by the ministry include conservation and survey of theflora of India andfauna of India,forests and otherwilderness areas; prevention and control ofpollution; Indian Himalayan Environment and its sustainable development;afforestation, andland degradation mitigation. It is responsible for the administration of thenational parks of India.

Prakash Javadekar meeting with US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry atCOP21 in Paris.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the cadre controlling authority of theIndian Forest Service (IFS), one of the threeAll India Services.

History

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Environmental debates were first introduced into the national political agenda duringIndira Gandhi's first term asPrime Minister of India. The4th Five-Year Plan (1969–74), for example, proclaimed "harmonious development [...] on the basis of a comprehensive appraisal of environmental issues." In 1977 (during theEmergency) Gandhi added Article 48A to theconstitution 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 federalDepartment of Environment in 1980, turned into theMinistry of Environment and Forests in 1985.^[4]Although tacklingclimate change was already a responsibility of the ministry, its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to the current title ofMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.^[5]

Administration

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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.^[6]

Organisation

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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
- Central Pollution Control Board
- Environmental Information System (ENVIS)^[7]
- 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
Autonomous institutions

Cabinet Ministers

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Note: I/C – Independent Charge

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Environment and Forests
	Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP forAmethi (Prime Minister)	31 December 1984	22 October 1986	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
	Bhajan Lal (1930–2011) Rajya Sabha MP forHaryana	22 October 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 115 days
	Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP forUnnao (Minister of State, I/C until 25 Jun 1988)	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP forFatehpur (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	23 April 1990	142 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	Nilamani Routray (1920–2004) MP forPuri	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP forPilibhit (Minister of State, I/C)	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	223 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP forChhindwara (Minister of State, I/C)	21 June 1991	15 September 1995	4 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Rajesh Pilot (1945–2000) MP forDausa (Minister of State, I/C)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days	Indian National Congress	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (1930–2018) MP forMuzaffarpur (Minister of State, I/C)	29 June 1996	21 February 1997	237 days	Janata Dal
	Saifuddin Soz (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP forJammu and Kashmir	21 February 1997	21 April 1997	1 year, 26 days	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
		21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 26 days	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
	Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) MP forRajapur	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Shiv Sena	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP forChennai South	13 October 1999	21 December 2003	4 years, 69 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee III
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	21 December 2003	9 January 2004	19 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP forRaipur (Minister of State, I/C)	9 January 2004	22 May 2004	134 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	A. Raja (born 1963) MP forPerambalur	23 May 2004	15 May 2007	2 years, 357 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister)	15 May 2007	22 May 2009	2 years, 7 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I
	Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh (Minister of State, I/C)	22 May 2009	12 July 2011	2 years, 51 days		Manmohan II
	Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forTamil Nadu (Minister of State, I/C)	12 July 2011	21 December 2013	2 years, 162 days
	Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP forChikballapur	21 December 2013	26 May 2014	156 days
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
	Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh (Minister of State, I/C)	27 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 39 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Anil Madhav Dave (1956–2017) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh (Minister of State, I/C)	5 July 2016	18 May 2017 (died in office)	317 days
	Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP forChandni Chowk	18 May 2017	30 May 2019	2 years, 12 days
	Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
	Bhupender Yadav (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan, till 2024 MP forAlwar, from 2024	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	4 years, 111 days		Modi II
		10 June 2024	Incumbent	4 years, 111 days		Modi III

Ministers of State

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State for Environment and Forests
	Vir Sen MP forKhurja	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
	Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP forUnnao	25 September 1985	14 February 1988	2 years, 142 days
	Sumati Oraon (born 1935) MP forLohardaga	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
	Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) MP forPilibhit	6 December 1989	6 November 1990	335 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad (1930–2018) MP forMuzaffarpur	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
	Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MP forDumka	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	2 years, 233 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MP forDumka	13 October 1999	7 November 2000	2 years, 233 days		Vajpayee III
	Dilip Singh Judeo (1949–2013) MP forChhattisgarh (Rajya Sabha)	29 January 2003	17 November 2003	292 days		Vajpayee III
	Namo Narain Meena (born 1943) MP forSawai Madhopur	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	S. Regupathy (born 1950) MP forPudukkottai	15 May 2007	22 May 2009	2 years, 7 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
	Mahesh Sharma (born 1959) MP forGautam Buddh Nagar	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Babul Supriyo (born 1970) MP forAsansol	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
	Ashwini Kumar Choubey (born 1953) MP forBuxar	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days		Modi II
	Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1966) MP forGonda	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 138 days		Modi III

Initiatives

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In August 2019 Ministry of Environment released theDraft NationalResource Efficiency Policy. It is a set of guidelines which envisions a future with environmentallysustainable 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 ofNITI Aayog andEuropean Union titled,The strategy on resource efficiency. The policy seeks to set up aNational 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.^[9]^[10]

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 ascompensatory 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]}

References

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^"Contact Us | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India".Moef.gov.in. 31 July 2015. Retrieved16 June 2016.
^"MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE DEMAND NO. 27 : Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change"(web).Indiabudget.gov.in. Retrieved16 August 2018.
^"Following Anil Daves death, Dr Harsh Vardhan gets additional charge of environment".Indiatoday.intoday.in. 18 May 2017. Retrieved16 August 2018.
^Sanjeev Khagram (2004) "Dams and Development", New York, Cornell University Press,ISBN 978-0-8014-8907-5
^"Ministry of environment and forests undergoes a nomenclature change".The Economic Times. 28 May 2014. Archived fromthe original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved4 December 2016.
^Jhala, Yadvendradev Vikramsinh; Qureshi, Qamar; Nayak, Anup Kumar, eds. (July 2020).Status of tigers, copredators and prey in India, 2018 (First ed.).National Tiger Conservation Authority,Government of India, New Delhi, andWildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.ISBN 978-8185496504.
^"About ENVIS".
^"Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India".Envfor.nic.in. Retrieved16 June 2016.
^"Comments called for on the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy Released".Press Information Bureau. Retrieved10 September 2020.
^"EU-India joint declaration on resource efficiency and circular economy(PDF)".Consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved10 September 2020.

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