It is a presentation on Environmental Activities In India 2006-2010. Reference: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

1. Name : Pawan A Kamble
Roll No: 153350027

3. National Environment Policy 2006
(Approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May, 2006)
Objectives
• Conservation of Critical Environmental Resources
• Intra-generational Equity: Livelihood Security for the Poor
• Inter-generational Equity
• Integration of Environmental Concerns in Economic and
Social Development
• Efficiency in Environmental Resource Use
• Environmental Governance
• Enhancement of Resources for Environmental Conservation

4. • Conservation and Management of Mangroves and Coral Reefs
The National Policy, 2006 recognizes that mangroves and coral reefs are important
coastal environmental resources. They provide habitats for marine species, protection
from extreme weather events; and a resource base for sustainable tourism. Government
has identified 38 mangrove areas and four coral reefs areas on a country-wide basis for
intensive conservation and management.
Mangroves trees in Kerala Coral reefs : Andaman

5. • Management of Gregarious Flowering of Muli Bamboos
in NE states of India
Bamboo flowering in Assam,
• Government of India approved the revised
action plan ₹ 366 crores in early 2007, for
management of prospective Gregarious
flowering of the bamboos in the NE states to
tackle the ecological, economical and social
problems likely to arise out of the gregarious
flowering of the Muli Bamboos.
• India has the largest bamboo resource in
the world. Before 2007, gregarious
flowering of Muli Bamboo had taken place
in 1959 and its cycle is 48 years. So
government had to improve Bamboos yield
and its management of flowering

6. • Project Tiger
Our National Animal
• Project tiger was launched in 1973 with the
objective to ensure maintenance of viable
population of the tiger in India.
• 100% Central Assistance provided to 17
tiger reserve as an additionally for
deployment of tiger protection force,
comprising of ex-army personnel and local
work force.
• Constitution of National Tiger Conservation
Authority with effect from September,2006
for strengthening the tiger conservation.

8. • Common Effect Treatment Plant (CETP)
A CETP in Chennai
• The concept of CEPT arose in order to
make a co-operative movement for
pollution control. Wastewater treatment
and Water conservation are the prime
goals of CETP
• A centrally sponsored scheme has been
undertaken by the government for small
scale industries to set up and upgrade
their CETP to cover all the states in the
nation.
• During this year ₹ 3.95 crore allocation
were provided for providing financial
assistance to the on-going CETPs.

9. • Taj Protection Mission
Taj Mahal
• In pursuance of Supreme Court’s order,
projects for WHS of Taj Mahal were
initiated and funded by the Ministry.
• ₹ 600 crore on a 50:50 cost sharing
basis with the state government to
implement various schemes in the Taj
Trapezium zone for environmental
protection of Taj Mahal.
• Ministry had sponsored a post
evaluation study for complete projects
through the CSIR NEERI Nagpur for
ascertaining the improvement in the
area.

10. • Effective Removal of Arsenic
Arsenic contamination seriously affects Human
Health
• The discharge of untreated toxic
effluents and sewage into the Gujarat
state's rivers is still taking a toll on the
purity of these invaluable sources of
water. In particular, arsenic and lead
make the water dangerous to drink.
• Development of point of use (POU)
clean technology in form of domestic
unit employing a complexing resin (v)
for from water by Central salt and
Marine Chemical Research Institute
Bhavnagar Gujrat

12. • National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)
A view of sewage treatment plant Haridwar
• National Ganga River Basin Authority‘
(NGRBA) was set up on February 20,
2009. The NGRBA is set up as an
empowered planning, financing,
monitoring and coordinating
authority for the conservation of
Ganga River
• The Authority has both regulatory
and developmental functions. The
Authority will take measures for
effective abatement of pollution and
conservation of the river Ganga in
keeping with sustainable
development needs.

13. • National Wetland Conservation Program (NWCP)
Ujani Wetland Maharashtra
• The scheme on conservation and
management of wetlands was
initiated in 1987.
• During the year, Management Action
Plans of forty eight wetlands were
approved and financial assistance
released to the concerned State
Governments.
• The total allocated amount of
Rs.11.85 crores has been spent on
Research projects to supplement
Management Action Plan (MAPs) for
conservation of wetland

14. • National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP)
Puskar Lake Rajasthan
• National Lake Conservation Plan
(NLCP) is a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme of Ministry of Environment &
Forests, for conservation/ restoration
of polluted and degraded lakes.
• As of March 31, 2009, a total of forty
projects for conservation of fifty
seven lakes have been sanctioned in
thirteen States at a sanctioned Cost
of Rs. 856.76 crore Conservation
works for twelve lakes have been
completed. Funding pattern under
NLCP is on a 70:30 cost sharing basis
between the Central and the State
Governments.

16. • Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc Banglore
• Centre’s work on tropical forest structure, dynamics and the influence of climatic factors involves
long-term monitoring of permanent plots in tropical forests of Western Ghats, mainly the Nilgiris
and Uttara Kannanda districts.
• Centre have been focusing on the ecology of the invasive species Lantana camara, its response to
climatic factors and it’s impact on native plant and animal communities.
• The Centre has completed study on bat diversity in Kudremukh National Park. A total of twenty bat
species have been identified to date. Of these, sixteen species belonged to the Microchiroptera
(insectivorous bats) and four to the Megachiroptera (fruit-eating bats). Of the forty one species of
bats reported so far from the Western Ghats.

17. • Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON),
Coimbatore
• Species specific studies on bird that
included a study on ‘Ecology and
Conservation of the Spot-billed Pelican’ a
globally threatened species, in Andhra
Pradesh.
• As part of eco-toxicological investigations
on birds, a study on Impact of agricultural
pesticides on the population status and
breeding success of certain fish-eating
birds in Tamil Nadu was taken up.
Golden Bush-Robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) found in
Himalayas and north-east India

18. • Rajendra K Pachauri
In January 2008, Rajendra K Pachauri was awarded the
second-highest civilian award in India, the Padma
Vibhushan.
Pachauri conceptualized and launched Lighting a Billion
Lives Initiative in 2005 to bring electricity to energy
starved rural areas of India through solar energy. The
initiative has taken solar energy to remote places
like Sundarbans, West Bengal and Thar Desert,
Rajasthan.
Pachauri headed the post Chairman of the United
Nations established Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore.Rajendra K Pachauri

19. Annual Reports of the
Ministry
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
http://www.moef.nic.in/public-information/annual-report