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For more informat ion, visit Environment (Prot ect ion) Act 1986
Prohibition on transfer of Indian genetic material outside the country, without specific approval of the Indian Government;
Prohibition on anyone claiming an Intellectual Property Right (IPR), such as a patent, over biodiversity or related knowledge, without permission of
the Indian Government;
Regulation of collection and use of biodiversity by Indian nationals, while exempting local communities from such restrictions;
Measures for sharing of benefits from the use of biodiversity, including transfer of technology, monetary returns, joint Research & Development,
joint IPR ownership, etc.;
Measures to conserve and sustain-ably use biological resources, including habitat and species protection, Environmental Impact Assessments
(EIAs) of projects, integration of biodiversity into the plans, programmes, and policies of various departments/sectors;
Provisions for local communities to have a say in the use of their resources and knowledge, and to charge fees for this; Protection of indigenous
or traditional knowledge, through appropriate laws or other measures such as registration of such knowledge;
Regulation of the use of genetically modified organisms; Setting up of National, State, and Local Biodiversity Funds, to be used to support
conservation and benefit-sharing;
Setting up of Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) at local village level, State Biodiversity Boards (SBB) at state level, and a National
Biodiversity Authority (NBA).
The Public Liability Insurance Act and Rules 1991 and Amendment, 1992
T he Public Liabilit y Insurance Act and Rules 1991 and Amendment , 1992 were drawn up to provide for public liabilit y insurance for t he purpose of providing
immediat e relief to t he persons affect ed by accident while handling any hazardous subst ance. For more informat ion visit Public Liabilit y Insurance
Act (68.5)
T he effective and speedy disposal of the cases relating to environment protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources. All
the previous pending cases will also be heard by the Tribunal.
It aims at enforcing all the legal rights relating to the environment
It also accounts for providing compensation and relief to effected people for damage of property.
Amendment provides an equal opportunity to any citizen of India to approach the National Green Tribunal.
It ensures that the tribunal takes into consideration principles of Sustainable Development, Precautionary principles, Polluter Pays Principles and
Inter generational Equity while hearing any appeal and giving judgements.
For more informat ion visit Nat ional Environment al Tribunal Act (154KB)
T he Tribunal's dedicat ed jurisdict ion in environment al mat t ers shall provide speedy environment al just ice and help reduce t he burden of lit igat ion in t he higher
court s. T he Tribunal is mandat ed to make and endeavour for disposal of applicat ions or appeals finally wit hin 6 mont hs of filing of t he same. Init ially, t he NGT
is proposed to be set up at five places of sit t ings and will follow circuit procedure for making it self more accessible. New Delhi is t he Principal Place of Sit t ing
of t he Tribunal and Bhopal, Pune, Kolkat a and Chennai shall be t he ot her 4 place of sit t ing of t he Tribunal.
For more informat ion visit Nat ional Green Tribunal Act ,2010(666KB)
In the heading ‘PUBLIC ADDRESS SYST EM’ the words ‘AND SOUND PRODUCING SYST EMS’ shall be inserted.
A loudspeaker or any sound producing system or a sound amplifier shall not be used at night time except in closed premises for communication
within like auditorium, conference rooms, community halls, banquet halls or during public emergency.
T he noise level at the boundary of the public place where loudspeaker or public address system is being used the sound should not exceed 10dB
above the ambient noise standards of that area or 75dB whichever is less.
No horn shall be used in silence zones or residential areas at night except in emergency situations.
Sound emitting construction equipments shall not be operated during night.
For more informat ion visit Noise Pollut ion Rules, 2010(1.2MB)
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