National Water Policy
- Central Government formulated the National Water Policy in 1987, which was subsequently reviewed and revised in the year 2002 and 2012.
- India has more than 18 % of the world’s population, but has only 4% of world’s renewable water resources and 2.4% of world’s land area. There are further limits on utilizable quantities of water owing to uneven distribution over time and space.
Objectives
- The objective of the National Water policy is to take cognizance of the existing current situation , to propose a framework for creation of a system of laws and institutions and for a plan of action with ....
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Ecology & Environment
- 1 National Forest Policy
- 2 National Environment Policy
- 3 Wildlife protection act 1972
- 4 Forest Conservation Act 1980
- 5 Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006
- 6 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-System
- 7 Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010
- 8 Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- 9 Central Zoo Authority
- 10 Regulation of Exotic Animal Trade
