- Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
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Associated acts
Indian Forest Act, 1927
Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
Wildlife Protection Act, 2003The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is an Indian government ministry. The Minister of Environment and Forests holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of Environment and Forests, who is assisted by two Ministers of State.
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.
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Organization
- Subordinate offices
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation (Public Sector Undertaking)
- Animal Welfare Board of India
- Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata
- Central Pollution Control Board
- Central Zoo Authority
- Directorate of Forest Education (DFE), Dehradun
- Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun
- Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun
- National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board
- National Biodiversity Authority
- National Ganga River Basin Authority
- National Institute of Animal Welfare
- National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), New Delhi
- National Tiger Conservation Authority
- National Zoological Park (NZP), New Delhi
- Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata
- Autonomous institutions
- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi
- Central Zoo Authority (CZA), New Delhi
- G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora
- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun
- Arid Forestry Research Institute (AFRI), Jodhpur
- Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun
- Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (CFRHRD), Chhindwara
- Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore
- Institute (TFRI), Jabalpur
- Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-habilitation (CSFE), Allahabad
- Wildlife Institute of India WII
List of environment ministers of India
Period Minister 2011-current Jayanthi Natarajan 2009-2011 Jairam Ramesh See also
- Awaaz Foundation - Conservation and environmental NGO
- A Pledge for Clean and Green India
External links
It has some influence on agricultural ministry of India
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