this presentation discuss about the government responsibility and initiatives to environment and development.

1. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY
AND INITIATIVES TO
ENVIRONMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT
BY
ANAGHA PRAKASH

2. Introduction
It is familiar that the term environment simply means that
"Environment or conditions in which humans, animals or
plants live or work". There is a direct relationship between the
ecology and development, and it had many positive impacts on
global level. Whereas development without regard to the
environment can cause serious environmental damage, which
in turn affects the quality of life of present and future
generations. Then along with some organizations the
government also passed some policies and legislations as
initiatives to improve and protect the ecology, through this we
are discussing about these responsibilities and initiatives.

3. Environmental Issues in India
• Degrading Air Quality Index
• Rampant Environmental
Degradation
• Loss of Biodiversity
• global warming
• Urbanization in the
Himalayas
• Loss of Resilience in
Ecosystems
• uncontrolled greenhouse gas
emissions
• Lack of Waste Management
• Depletion of Resources
(land, air, water)
• Growing Water Scarcity
• Ozone layer depletion. etc.

4. Governmental Initiatives
Before independence:-
 Coastal Defects (Bombay and Kolkata) Act
1853.
 Oriental Gas Company Act 1857.
 1860, IPC Section 277 - Fouling water of
public spring or reservoir.
 The Bengal Smoke Nuisance Act of 1905.
 The Bombay smoke Nuisance Act of 1912.

5. After independence
• In 1974 September, Central Pollution Control Board
(CPCB) and State Pollution Control Board of
kerala(SPCB)
• In 1976, Article 48(A) of Section IV : Protection
and improvement of environment and safeguarding
of forests and wild life The State shall endeavor to
protect and improve the environment and to
safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.
• Article 51A (g) imposes It shall be duty of every
citizen of India to protect and improve the natural
environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild
life and to have compassion for living creatures.
• Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
1974 .

6. • The Forest (Conservation) Act 1980
• The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act 1981
• In 1985, the Government of India introduced
the Ministry of Environment and Forests
• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
• Regulations on noise pollution (control and
regulation) Act, 2000.
• In may 2014, the ministry renamed as the
ministry of environment, forest and climate
change.
• In August 2019, the Government of India
enacted a national wide ban of single-use
plastics, which came effective on October 2.

7. Some new schemes
• Nagar Van Udyan Scheme
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Green Skill Development Programme
• Project Tiger
• National Wetland Conservation Programme (NWCP)
• Namami Gange Programme
• Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act (CAMPA)
• Toilets before temples
• National Mission for Green India, 2014
• National Clean Air Programme, 2019
• National River Conservation Programme

8. • National Policy on Resource Efficiency (RE)
• Conservation of Natural Resources & Eco-systems
• Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for Afforestation
• National Coastal Management Programme
• Fly Ash Utilisation Action Plan
• Initiatives for improving the environmental
performance of coal based stations
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• ISO 14001
• National Afforestation Programme
• National Mission on Himalayan Studies under Climate
Change Program.

9. Things the government can do
to help the environment
• Encourage Environmentally Friendly Employee
Practices. ...
• Making Environmentally Friendly Changes in
Local Government Facilities. ...
• Foster Clean Commute Initiatives. ...
• Software Solutions Help to Reduce the Local
Government Carbon Footprint.

10. Conclusion
The World Commission on Environment and Development first
defined the concept of "sustainable development" in 1987
as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising
the needs of future generations". The continuous contact
with environment and its resources is very essential and
beneficial for the survival of living beings on earth. Now the
time has come to focus on conservation of natural resources
and protection of the environment. The two governments
has done tremendous job of tackling a emerging
degradation of environment conservation, but we still have
a long way to go.

11. Reference
Refered Website of
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31623
62/.
Refered website of
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vanishing-
wildlife-22-species-have-gone-extinct-in-
india/article28733215.ece.
Rajagopalan, R. 2005. Environmental Studies: From
Crisis to Cure. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

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