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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government ministry of India
Government ministry of India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| seal | Ministry-of-Environment-Forest-and-Climate-Change.jpg |
| logo | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) logo.webp |
| logo_caption | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| formed | |
| jurisdiction | Government of India |
| headquarters | Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi |
| budget | (2025–26 est.) |
| minister1_name | Bhupender Yadav |
| minister1_pfo | Cabinet Minister |
| minister2_name | Kirti Vardhan Singh |
| minister2_pfo | Minister of State |
| chief1_name | Tanmay Kumar, IAS |
| chief1_position | Secretary (EF&CC) |
| chief2_name | Jitender Kumar, IFS |
| chief2_position | Director General of Forests and Special Secretary |
| website | https://moef.gov.in/ |
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
Organisation
- Indian Forest Service (IFS)
- Authorities
- Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
- National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
- National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi
- Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- Subordinate offices
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation (Public Sector Undertaking)
- Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata
- Central Pollution Control BoardENVIS
- Environmental Information System (ENVIS)
- 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 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, Thiruvananthapuram
- Autonomous institutions
- G. B.Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, 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
Cabinet Ministers
- Note: I/C Independent Charge
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of Environment and Forests | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg | 70px]] | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||
| (19441991) | |||||||||||
| MP for Amethi | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 31 December 1984 | 22 October 1986 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Indian National Congress}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Bhajan Lal Bishnoi.jpg | 70px]] | Bhajan Lal | ||||||||
| (19302011) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana | 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Ziaur Rahman Ansari | ||||||||
| (19251992) | |||||||||||
| MP for Unnao | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C until 25 Jun 1988) | 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||||||||
| (19312008) | |||||||||||
| MP for Fatehpur | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 2 December 1989 | 23 April 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Janata Dal}}" | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | |||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:NilamaniRautray.jpg | 70px]] | Nilamani Routray | ||||||||
| (19202004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Puri | 23 April | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 10 November | ||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg | 70px]] | Maneka Gandhi | ||||||||
| (born 1956) | |||||||||||
| MP for Pilibhit | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | Chandra Shekhar | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:KamalNath.jpg | 70px]] | Kamal Nath | ||||||||
| (born 1946) | |||||||||||
| MP for Chhindwara | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 15 September 1995 | Indian National Congress | Rao | Indian National Congress}}" | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Rajesh Pilot 2008 stamp of India.jpg | 70px]] | Rajesh Pilot | ||||||||
| (19452000) | |||||||||||
| MP for Dausa | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| (19242018) | |||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:H. D. Deve Gowda.jpg | 70px]] | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||||||||
| (born 1933) | |||||||||||
| Unelected | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | Janata Dal}}" | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG | 70px]] | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad | ||||||||
| (19302018) | |||||||||||
| MP for Muzaffarpur | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 29 June 1996 | 21 February 1997 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}" | [[File:Saifuddin Soz in September 2007 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Saifuddin Soz | ||||||||
| (born 1937) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir | 21 February 1997 | 21 April 1997 | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | ||||||||
| 21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Gujral | Janata Dal}}" | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||||||
| Shiv Sena}}" | [[File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Suresh Prabhu | ||||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||||
| MP for Rajapur | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" | [[File:T R Baalu in a Party Meeting Dias.jpg | 70px]] | T. R. Baalu | ||||||||
| (born 1941) | |||||||||||
| MP for Chennai South | 13 October 1999 | 21 December 2003 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee III | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| (19242018) | |||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 21 December 2003 | 9 January 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Ramesh Bais in 2023 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Ramesh Bais | ||||||||
| (born 1947) | |||||||||||
| MP for Raipur | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 9 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | |||||||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" | [[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 | 70px]] | A. Raja | ||||||||
| (born 1963) | |||||||||||
| MP for Perambalur | 23 May 2004 | 15 May 2007 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | 70px]] | Manmohan Singh | ||||||||
| (19322024) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 15 May 2007 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg | 70px]] | Jairam Ramesh | ||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 22 May 2009 | 12 July 2011 | Manmohan II | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Jayanthi Natarajan in 2012 (cropped).png | 70px]] | Jayanthi Natarajan | ||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 12 July 2011 | 21 December 2013 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:M. Veerappa Moily addressing a Press Conference on Electoral Reforms (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Veerappa Moily | ||||||||
| (born 1940) | |||||||||||
| MP for Chikballapur | 21 December 2013 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg | 70px]] | Prakash Javadekar | ||||||||
| (born 1951) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 27 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Anil Dave.jpg | 70px]] | Anil Madhav Dave | ||||||||
| (19562017) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 5 July 2016 | 18 May 2017 | |||||||||
| (died in office) | |||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg | 70px]] | Harsh Vardhan | ||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||
| MP for Chandni Chowk | 18 May 2017 | 30 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg | 70px]] | Prakash Javadekar | ||||||||
| (born 1951) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Union Minister Bhupender Yadav.jpg | 70px]] | Bhupender Yadav | ||||||||
| (born 1969) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan, till 2024 | |||||||||||
| MP for Alwar, from 2024 | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||||
| 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III |
Ministers of State
| Portrait | Minister | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of State for Environment and Forests | Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
| Indian National Congress}}" | Vir Sen | |||||||||
| MP for Khurja | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Indian National Congress}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Ziaur Rahman Ansari | |||||||
| (19251992) | ||||||||||
| MP for Unnao | 25 September 1985 | 14 February 1988 | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Sumati Oraon Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Sumati Oraon | |||||||
| (born 1935) | ||||||||||
| MP for Lohardaga | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:ManekaGandhi2.jpg | 70px]] | Maneka Gandhi | |||||||
| (born 1956) | ||||||||||
| MP for Pilibhit | 6 December 1989 | 6 November 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Janata Dal}}" | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Cap (Retd.) Jai Narain Nishad with Dr Harikumar Pallathadka (cropped).JPG | 70px]] | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad | |||||||
| (19302018) | ||||||||||
| MP for Muzaffarpur | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | Janata Dal}}" | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Babulal Marandi | |||||||||
| (born 1958) | ||||||||||
| MP for Dumka | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| 13 October 1999 | 7 November 2000 | Vajpayee III | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Dilip Singh Judeo.jpg | 70px]] | Dilip Singh Judeo | |||||||
| (19492013) | ||||||||||
| MP for Chhattisgarh (Rajya Sabha) | 29 January 2003 | 17 November 2003 | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Namo Narain Meena (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Namo Narain Meena | |||||||
| (born 1943) | ||||||||||
| MP for Sawai Madhopur | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" | [[File:S. Regupathy in 2004 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | S. Regupathy | |||||||
| (born 1950) | ||||||||||
| MP for Pudukkottai | 15 May 2007 | 22 May 2009 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg | 70px]] | Mahesh Sharma | |||||||
| (born 1959) | ||||||||||
| MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg | 70px]] | Babul Supriyo | |||||||
| (born 1970) | ||||||||||
| MP for Asansol | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey on July 25, 2018.jpg | 70px]] | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | |||||||
| (born 1953) | ||||||||||
| MP for Buxar | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg | 70px]] | Kirti Vardhan Singh | |||||||
| (born 1966) | ||||||||||
| MP for Gonda | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III |
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.
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.
References
References
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- Sanjeev Khagram (2004) "Dams and Development", New York, Cornell University Press, {{ISBN. 978-0-8014-8907-5
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- "Comments called for on the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy Released".
- "EU-India joint declaration on resource efficiency and circular economy(PDF)".
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