Question

Which of the following is a step taken by the government for the protection of the environment?

Answer 1

The Indian Government has made different biodiversity insurance strides. Significant measures include:

• The Central Government has instituted the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Act accommodates the making of Protected Areas for the assurance of natural life and furthermore accommodates discipline for hunting of indicated fauna determined in the timetables I to IV thereof.
• Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010 have been outlined for the assurance of wetlands in the States.
• The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-System likewise gives help to the States to the administration of wetlands incorporating Ramsar destinations in the country.
• The Natural life Crime Control Bureau has been set up for the control of illicit exchange untamed life, including jeopardized species.