Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Formed | 1947 |
Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi[1] |
Annual budget | ₹3,100 crore (US$430 million) (2020–21 est.)[2] |
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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.[3]
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 1947 national parks of India.
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.[4] 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.[5]
Organisation[]
- Indian Forest Service (IFS)
- Authorities
- Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi,
- National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
- National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi
- 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
- (ENVIS) founded 1983[6]
- 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, Delhi
- Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
- Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
- Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute,[7] Thiruvananthapuram
- Autonomous institutions
- G. B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, 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, India
Ministers[]
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N | Name | Term of office | Political party
(Alliance) |
Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 1945 | 1946 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
2 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1946 | 1947 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
3 | Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | 15 August 1947 | 2 August 1951 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
4 | Amrit Kaur | 2 August 1951 | 13 May 1952 | |||
5 | Jagjivan Ram | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | |||
6 | Raj Bahadur | 7 December 1956 | 17 April 1957 | |||
7 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 17 April 1957 | 28 March 1958 | |||
8 | S. K. Patil | 29 March 1958 | 24 August 1959 | |||
9 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 25 August 1959 | 2 September 1959 | |||
10 | P. Subbarayan | 2 September 1959 | 9 April 1962 | |||
11 | Jagjivan Ram | 10 April 1963 | 31 August 1963 | |||
12 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 1 September 1963 | 13 June 1964 | |||
— | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||
13 | Satya Narayan Sinha | 13 June 1964 | 12 March 1967 | |||
— | Indira Gandhi | |||||
14 | Ram Subhag Singh | 13 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |||
15 | Satya Narayan Sinha | 14 February 1969 | 8 March 1971 | |||
16 | Indira Gandhi | 9 March 1971 | 17 March 1971 | |||
17 | Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna | 2 May 1971 | 8 November 1973 | |||
18 | Raj Bahadur | 8 November 1973 | 11 January 1974 | |||
19 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | 11 January 1974 | 10 October 1974 | |||
20 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||
21 | Morarji Desai | 24 March 1977 | 26 March 1977 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
22 | Parkash Singh Badal | 26 March 1977 | 27 March 1977 | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
23 | George Fernandes | 28 March 1977 | 6 July 1977 | Janata Party | ||
24 | Brij Lal Varma | 6 July 1977 | 28 July 1979 | |||
25 | Charan Singh | 28 July 1979 | 30 July 1979 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | |
26 | Morarji Desai | 30 July 1979 | 27 November 1979 | |||
27 | Shyam Nandan Mishra | 7 December 1979 | 14 January 1980 | |||
28 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 16 January 1980 | 3 March 1980 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | |
29 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 3 March 1980 | 2 September 1982 | |||
30 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 2 September 1982 | 14 February 1983 | |||
31 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 | 4 November 1988 | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
32 | Bhajan Lal | 25 June 1988 | 30 June 1989 | |||
33 | Ziaur Rahman Ansari | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | |||
34 | V. P. Singh | 2 December 1989 | 6 December 1989 | Janata Dal | V. P. Singh | |
35 | Nilamani Routray | 6 December 1989 | 23 April 1990 | Congress (Secular) | ||
36 | Maneka Gandhi | 30 April 1990 | 5 November 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
37 | Kamal Nath | 10 November 1990 | 21 November 1990 | Samajwadi Janata Party | Chandra Shekhar | |
38 | Chandra Shekhar | 21 November 1990 | 22 November 1990 | |||
39 | Rajesh Pilot | 22 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | |||
40 | H. D. Dewe Gowda | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
41 | Saifuddin Soz | 17 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | |||
42 | Suresh Prabhu | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
43 | T. R. Baalu | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Samajwadi Party | H. D. Dewe GowdaI. K. Gujral | |
44 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March 1998 | 21 March 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
45 | Ramesh Bias | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
46 | Pramod Mahajan | 2 September 2001 | 28 January 2003 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
47 | A. Raja | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||
48 | Manmohan Singh | 23 May 2004 | 15 May 2007 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan Singh | |
49 | Jairam Ramesh | 16 May 2007 | 14 November 2010 | |||
50 | Jayanthi Natarajan | 15 November 2010 | 19 January 2011 | Indian National Congress | ||
51 | M. Veerappa Moily | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | |||
52 | Prakash Javadekar | 2014 | 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | |
53 | Anil Madhav Dave | 2016 | 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | |
54 | Harsh Vardhan | 18 May 2017 | 26 May 2020 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | |
55 | Prakash Javadekar | 26 May 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | |
56 | Bhupender Yadav | 7 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi |
Ministers of State[]
Minister | Period | |
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1 | Victor Hope | 1945 — 1945 |
2 | Archibald Wavell | 1945 — 1946 |
3 | Louis Mountbatten | 1946 — 1947 |
4 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1947 — 1950 |
5 | Rajendra Prasad | 1947 — 1950 |
6 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1950 — 1950 |
7 | C. Rajagopalachari | 1950 — 1951 |
8 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1951 — 1951 |
9 | Morarji Desai | 1951 — 1951 |
10 | Zakir Husain | 1951 — 1969 |
11 | Charan Singh | 1969 — 1969 |
12 | V. V. Giri | 1969 —1970 |
13 | Indira Gandhi | 1970 — 1972 |
14 | Rajiv Gandhi | 1972 — 1973 |
15 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 1973 — 1975 |
16 | Chandra Shekhar | 1975 — 1975 |
17 | Indira Gandhi | 1975 — 1984 |
18 | Rajiv Gandhi | 1984 – 1986 |
19 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1986 — 1986 |
20 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 1986 — 1986 |
21 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1986 — 1987 |
22 | Bhajan Lal | 1987 – 1988 |
23 | Ziaur Rehman Ansari(As MoS, Independent Charge
till 25 June 1988) |
14 February 1988 – 2 December 1989 |
24 | V. P. Singh | 2 December 1989 – 23 April 1990 |
25 | Nilamani Routray | 23 April 1990 – 10 November 1990 |
26 | Maneka Gandhi(MoS, Independent Charge) | 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991 |
27 | Kamal Nath(MoS, Independent Charge) | 21 June 1991 – 15 September 1995 |
28 | Rajesh Pilot(MoS, Independent Charge) | 15 September 1995 – 16 May 1996 |
29 | 29 June 1996 – 21 February 1997 | |
30 | Saifuddin Soz | 21 February 1997 – 19 March 1998 |
31 | Suresh Prabhu | 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 |
32 | T. R. Baalu | 13 October 1999 – 21 December 2003 |
33 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 21 December 2003 – 9 January 2004 |
34 | (MoS, Independent Charge) | 9 January 2004 – 22 May 2004 |
35 | A. Raja | 23 May 2004 – 15 May 2007 |
36 | Manmohan Singh | 15 May 2007 – 28 May 2009 |
37 | Jairam Ramesh(MoS, Independent Charge) | 28 May 2009 – 12 July 2011 |
38 | Jayanthi Natarajan(MoS, Independent Charge) | 12 July 2011 – 21 December 2013 |
39 | M. Veerappa Moily | 21 December 2013 – 26 May 2014 |
40 | Prakash Javadekar(MoS, Independent Charge) | 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
41 | Anil Madhav Dave(MoS, Independent Charge) | 5 July 2016 – 18 May 2017 |
42 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | 18 May 2017 - 24 May 2019 |
43 | Mahesh Sharma | 2017 — 2019 |
44 | Babul Supriyo | 2019 — 2021 |
44 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 7 July 2021 |
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.[8][9]
References[]
- ^ "Contact Us | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India". Moef.gov.in. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE DEMAND NO. 27 : Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change" (web). Indiabudget.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Following Anil Daves death, Dr Harsh Vardhan gets additional charge of environment". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 16 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. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "About ENVIS".
- ^ "Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India". Envfor.nic.in. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Comments called for on the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy Released". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "EU-India joint declaration on resource efficiency and circular economy(PDF)". Consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
External links[]
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Government ministries of India
- Environmental agencies in India
- Climate change in India
- Forestry agencies in India
- Environment ministries
- Climate change ministries
- Forestry ministries
- Ministries established in 1985
- 1985 establishments in India