Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Indian government ministry. The Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

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; afforestation, and land degradation mitigation. It is responsible for the administration of the national parks of India.

The Civil Services, Indian Forest Service (IFS) is under the administration and supervision of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

History

Indira Gandhi's prime-ministership (1966–1977 and 1980–1984) introduced environmental debates into the national political agenda. The 4th Five-Year Plan (1969–74), for example, proclaimed “harmonious development [...] on the basis of a comprehensive appraisal of environmental issues.” In 1976 (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.[1]

Organisation

Research institutes under ICFRE

Institute and their locations, sorted alphabetically
Name Photo Acronym Established City Jurisdiction Website
Arid Forest Research Institute AFRI 1988JodhpurRajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli afri.res.in
Forest Research Institute FRI 1906DehradunPunjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, U.P., Uttarakhand fri.icfre.gov.in
Himalayan Forest Research Institute HFRI 1977 Shimla Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir hfri.icfre.gov.in
Institute of Forest Biodiversity IFB 2012HyderabadTelangana, Maharashtra frc.icfre.gov.in
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding IFGTB 1988CoimbatoreT.N., Kerala, A & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry ifgtb.icfre.gov.in#/
Institute of Forest Productivity IFP 1993RanchiBihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, West Bengal ifpranchi.co.in
Institute of Wood Science and Technology IWST 1938BangaloreKarnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa iwst.icfre.gov.in#/
Rain Forest Research Institute RFRI 1988JorhatNortheast India rfri.icfre.gov.in
Tropical Forest Research Institute TFRI 1988JabalpurM.P., Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa tfri.icfre.gov.in
Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan
(a unit of RFRI)		 ARCBR 2004AizawlNortheast India www.icfre.org
Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (satellite centre of TFRI) CFRHRD 1995ChhindwaraM.P., Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa www.icfre.org
Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation
(a centre of ICFRE)		 CSFER 1992AllahabadEastern U.P., North Bihar, Vindhya Range www.icfre.org
Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension CFLE2013AgartalaTripuratripurainfo

List of environment ministers of India

Period Minister
2014–present Prakash Javadekar
2013- 2014 Veerappa Moily
2011-2013 Jayanthi Natarajan
2009-2011 Jairam Ramesh

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sanjeev Khagram (2004) "Dams and Development", New York, Cornell University Press, ISBN 978-0-8014-8907-5
  2. ↑ http://envfor.nic.in/about-ministry/tropical-botanic-garden-and-research-institute

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