Mention any five environmental Acts and their Action.
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Few environmental acts in India are AIR act, 1981, Forest Conservation Act 1980, Water, 1974, Hazardous waste handling and management act 1989, Biological diversity act 2002. All the acts are mainly enacted for the purpose of protecting environment from various inhuman activities.
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The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 authorizes the central government to protect and improve environmental quality, control and reduce pollution from all sources, and prohibit or restrict the setting and /or operation of any industrial facility on environmental grounds. The Environment (Protection) Act was enacted in 1986 with the objective of providing for the protection and improvement of the environment. It empowers the Central Government to establish authorities charged with the mandate of preventing environmental pollution in all its forms and to tackle specific environmental problems that are peculiar to different parts of the country. The Act was last amended in 1991.