Programmes of MOEF

Environment Issues

Guidelines

Animal Welfare

• Provision of Shelter Houses
• Provision of Ambulance Services for animals in Distress
• Scheme for Birth Control and Immunization of Stray Dogs
• National Institute of Animal Welfare
• Scheme for Relief to Animals during Natural Calamities and Unforeseen circumstances
• Scheme for Scholarships to students for Study Abroad in Animal Welfare
• Assistance to Animal Welfare Board of India
• Assistance to Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals, (CPCSEA)

• Good Practices in Animal Experimentation (CPCSEA)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) of the CPCSEA.

Clean Technology

• Development and Promotion of Clean Technology and Waste Minimisation Strategies

Climate Change

• India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
• State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC)

Desertification

• The Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management (SLEM) Programme
• National Action Programme

• Agro-forestry Manual
• Drought Management Information System
• Environmental Information System (ENVIS)

Conservation & Survey

• National Wetland Conservation Programme
• UNDP – CCF-II project on Biodiversity Covservation
• UNDP – GEF project on Medicinal plant and FRLHT
• National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP)
• Biodiversity Conservation & Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP)

• Ramsar Convention on Wetland
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Control of pollution

• Assistance For Abatement Of Pollution
• Programme for improvement of Quality of Automotive Fuels (Motor Gasoline and Diesel) for reducing Vehicular Pollution

• Eco Labelling
• Waste Minimizing,
• River Conservation Programme (NRCP)
• Air and water Quality Monitoring and surveillance programme.
• Taj observatory project

• Guidelines for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs)
• Guidelines for submission of proposals under the Scheme Waste Minimisation in Small & Medium Industries (SMIs)
• Guidelines for Recognition of Laboratory Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

Environment Education

• Environment Education, Awareness & Training (EEAT) Scheme
• Programmes under Formal Environmental Education are:
• Environment Education in School System
• Environmental Appreciation Courses
• Environmental concepts in Management and Business Studies
• Programmes under Non-Formal Environmental Education are :
• National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC)
• Eco-clubs (NGC)
• GLOBE
• Mass Awareness

Environment Impact Assessment

•  Environmental Management Plan

• Procedure for obtaining Environment Clearance for Mining Projects
• Manual on norms and standards of Environmental Clearance of Large Construction Projects

Environment Research

• Ecosystem Research scheme (ERS)
• Eastern & Western Ghats Research Programme (E& WGRP)
• Economic & Social Issues
• Environmental Research Programme (EnvRP) (Environment replaced by environmental)
• Ecosystems Research Programme (EcRP)
• Research Programme in Socio-Economic issues of Environment (RPSE)
• National Natural Resource Management System (NNRMS) Programme

• Guidelines for Assistance to Botanic Gardens:
• Guidelines for Support to Environmental Research 

Forest Conservation

• The Guidelines on State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (State CAMPA)
• Guidelines for diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for various non-forest purposes
• National Working Plan Code

Forest Policy

• National Forestry Action Programme (NFAP)
• Joint Forest Management

• National Forest Policy

Forest Protection

• Intensification of Forest Management Scheme
• Integrated Forest Protection Schemes
• Protection and Conservation Sacred Groves
• Conservation and Restoration of unique vegetation & Ecosystems
• Forest Invasive species
• Preparedness for Meeting challenge of Bamboo flowering and improving Management of Bamboo Forests
• Introduction of Modern Forest Fire Control Methods in India

• Operational Guidelines for IFPS (Integrated Forest Protection Scheme)
• Guidelines on Joint Forest Management (JFM) Programme, 2002
• Introduction of Modern Forest Fire Control Methods in India

• Nodal point of International Conventions:
• 1.Basel Convention
• 2.Rotterdam convention
• 3.Stolkholm  Convention
• Chemical Safety
• Hazardous Waste Management

• Guidelines for Environmentally sound Management of E-waste
• National Hazardous Waste Information System

• National Afforestation Programme (NAP)
• Eco Development Forces Scheme
• 20 Point Programme

• Revised Operational Guidelines-2009 for NAP scheme

• National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)
• National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP)

• DPR guidelines for NRCP & NLCP

• Project Elephant

• Guidelines on
  • Euthanasia in Elephants
  •  Guidelines for care and management of captive elephants

• Project tiger

•  Tiger Habitat Evaluation and Monitoring System