Act No. 29 of 1986

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Act No. 29 of 1986 is the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, a key Indian law enacted to provide a comprehensive framework for the protection and improvement of the environment and for preventing environmental pollution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian Act ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
actNumber 29 of 1986 ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ⓘ
alsoKnownAs EPA 1986 ⓘ
appliesTo whole of India ⓘ
category Indian environmental legislation ⓘ
contains provisions for closure, prohibition or regulation of any industry, operation or process ⓘ
provisions for environmental laboratories and analysts ⓘ
provisions for penalties for contravention of the Act ⓘ
country India ⓘ
empowers Central Government to issue directions to any person, officer or authority ⓘ
Central Government to lay down standards for environmental quality ⓘ
Central Government to regulate handling of hazardous substances ⓘ
Central Government to regulate industrial locations ⓘ
Central Government to take measures to protect and improve the environment ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
field environmental governance ⓘ
geographicalScope Union of India ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis Article 253 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislature Parliament of India ⓘ
officialName Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 ⓘ
penaltyIncludes fine ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
providesFor procedures and safeguards for handling hazardous substances ⓘ
regulation of discharge of environmental pollutants ⓘ
setting environmental quality standards ⓘ
purpose improvement of the environment ⓘ
prevention of environmental pollution ⓘ
protection of the environment ⓘ
relatedTo Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 ⓘ
Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules ⓘ
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 ⓘ
scope comprehensive framework law on environment ⓘ
shortName Environment Protection Act, 1986 ⓘ
subjectMatter environmental protection ⓘ
environmental standards ⓘ
pollution control ⓘ
triggerEvent Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 ⓘ
typeOfLaw umbrella environmental legislation ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1986 ⓘ

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Environment Protection Act of India → citation → Act No. 29 of 1986 ⓘ