We are committed to Environment Protection

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We are committed to Environment Protection
Development
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
Change
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Our Mandate

• Environment Protection Forest Conservation
• Conserving and Protecting Biodiversity
• Facilitating Sustainable Development
• Mainstreaming Environmental concerns in
  Development
• Transparent and Objective Regulatory Mechanism

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Environment protection

• Emission norms made more stringent for Cement
  industry
• Real time monitoring of Ganga water quality
• Online submission of EC Applications from July
  2014 for transparency
• More powers to State level Environment Impact
  Assessment Authorities from 25 June 2014
• Guidelines issued on CSR during project appraisal
  for EC

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Biodiversity conservation
Nagoya Biodiversity protocol ratified by over 50
countries Coordination with BASIC countries for
firming up agenda on Climate Change for COP 21 to
safeguard the interest of developing
countries Rs. 100 crore allocated for National
Adaptation Plan for boosting climate action at
local level Indo- German Technical Cooperation
Project for Sustainable Development TEEB-India
initiative on economics of ecosystem
services Biodiversity Conservation for livelihood
Improvement
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Forest conservation
New GIS based decision support system for
forest Conservation Ecological restoration
technology developed for rehabilitation of
degraded ecosystems
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Restoration efforts - Limestone Mined Areas at
Bhatta (Mussoorie Hills)

• Before Restoration

• After Restoration

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Wildlife conservation
Bor Tiger Reserve (47th) created. In-principle
approval for Special Tiger Protection Force in
two Tiger Reserves. Standard Operating Procedure
developed for orphaned tiger cubs NRSA
collaborated for flood and fire alerts.
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Wildlife conservation

• Support for e-Surveillance in tiger protection
• Support for voluntary relocation of people from
  core areas
• Support to address human-wildlife conflicts
• 3rd Country level tiger assessment ongoing

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Wildlife conservation

• Terai Arc Landscape assessed for tiger status
  jointly with Nepal
• MIS to tackle tiger and wildlife crime in tiger
  reserves
• Annual Management Effectiveness Evaluation of
  Tiger Reserves by States

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Fostering development
Online filing and Monitoring of forest and
environment clearances . Delay is
deleted Decentralisation of Environmental
Impact Assessment
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Fostering development
Process for linear projects made
simpler. General approval for forest clearances
for strategic road projects in border areas No
need to move files to Centre.
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Fostering development

• Coal mining expansion projects upto 6 MTPA
  streamlined
• Standard TOR for coal washery projects
• Regional offices delegated to deal with smaller
  projects
• (upto 40 ha.)

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Fostering development
General approval for road development in LWE
areas Compensatory afforestation on double the
degraded forest land extended to all kinds of
transmission lines / irrigation canal /
pipelines CAMPA funds to the tune of Rs. 35000
crores ready for devolution to States
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THANK YOU