What is Environmental Conservation Act 1986?
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The concern over the state of environment has grown, the world over since thesixties. The decline in environmental quality has been evidenced by increasingpollution, loss of vegetal power and biological diversity, excessiveconcentration of harmful chemicals in the ambient atmosphere and in foodchains, growing risks of environmental accidents and threat to life supportsystems.• From time to time various legislations relating to protection of environmentfrom specific types of pollution have been passed by the Indian legislature.However, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 is the most comprehensiveact on the Indian statute book relating to environment protection. It is ageneral legislation for the protection of environment. It was enacted underArticle 253 of the Constitution.• The world community’s resolve to protect and enhance the environmentquality found expression in the decisions taken at the United NationsConference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm June, 1972. TheGovernment of India participated in the conference and strongly voiced theenvironmental concerns. While several measures had been taken forenvironmental protection, both before and after the conference, the need forgeneral legislation further to implement the decision of the Conference hadbecome increasingly evident. Therefore the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986was passed
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Environment Protection Act,1986 is an Act of the Parliament of India. In the wake of the Bhopal Tragedy, the Government of India enacted the Environment Protection Act of 1986 under Article 253 of the Constitution. Passed in March 1986, it came into force on 19 November 1986. It has 26 sections and 4 chapters.