Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)

• It is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government, for the planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of Environmental and Forestry programmes.
• It is also the Nodal agency in the country for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• The principal activities undertaken by it consists of:
• • Conservation & survey of fl ora, fauna, forests, and Wildlife,
  • Prevention & control of pollution,
  • Afforestation & regeneration of degraded areas,
  • Protection of the environment in the framework of legislation,
  • The welfare of animals.
• The main tools utilised for this include Environmental surveys, impact assessment, control of pollution, regeneration programmes, support to organisations, research to solve solutions and training to augment the requisite manpower, collection, and dissemination of environmental information and creation of environmental awareness among all sectors of the country’s population.
• MoEFCC recently constituted a high-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) Its purpose is to ensure that India is on track towards meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement including its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).