The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is an Indian government ministry. The Minister of Environment and Forests holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of Environment and Forests, who is assisted by two Ministers of State, Sevugan Regupathy and Namo Narain Meena.
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; afforestation, and land degradation mitigation. It is responsible for the administration of the national parks of India.
Organization
- Subordinate offices
- Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata
- Directorate of Forest Education (DFE), Dehradun
- Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun
- Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun
- National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), New Delhi
- National Zoological Park (NZP), New Delhi
- Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata
- Autonomous institutions
- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi
- Central Zoo Authority (CZA), New Delhi
- G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora
- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun
- Arid Forestry Research Institute (AFRI), Jodhpur
- Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun
- Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (CFRHRD), Chhindwara
- Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), CoimbatoreInstitute]] (TFRI), Jabalpur
- Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-habilitation (CSFE), AllahabadInstitute of India]] (WII
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