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Act ID:	198629
Act Number:	29
Enactment Date:	1986-05-23
Act Year:	1986
Short Title:	The environment (protection) act, 1986
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith.
Department:	Environment Department
Enforcement Date:	19-11-1986
Type:	STATE
Location:	Rajasthan
Notification:	19th November, 1986, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1198(E), dated 12th November, 1986, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
Ref Act ID:	198629

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER II

GENERAL POWERS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER III

PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUCTION

CHAPTER IV

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Power of Central Government to take measures to protect and improve environment.
Section 4. Appointment of officers and their powers and functions.
Section 5. Power to give directions.
Section 5A. Appeal to National Green Tribunal.
Section 6. Rules to regulate environmental pollution.
Section 7. Persons carrying on industry, operations, etc., not to allow emission or discharge of environmental pollutants in excess of the standards.
Section 8. Persons handling hazardous substances to comply with procedural safeguards.
Section 9. Furnishing of information to authorities and agencies in certain cases.
Section 10. Powers of entry and inspection.
Section 11. Power to take sample and procedure to be followed in connection therewith.
Section 12. Environmental laboratories.
Section 13. Government Analysts.
Section 14. Reports of Government Analysts.
Section 14A. Penalty for contravention of section 7 or section 8.
Section 14B. Penalty for contravention of sections 9, 10 and 11.
Section 15. Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act and the rules, orders and directions.
Section 15A. Penalty for contravention by companies.
Section 15B. Penalty for contravention by Government Department.
Section 15C. Adjudicating officer.
Section 15D. Appeal.
Section 15E. Penalty amount to be credited to Environmental Protection Fund
Section 15F. Offence for failure to pay penalty or additional penalty
Section 16. Environmental Protection Fund.
Section 16A. Accounts and audit of Fund.
Section 16B. Annual report.
Section 17. Offences by Government Departments.
Section 18. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 19. Cognizance of offences.
Section 20. Information, reports or returns.
Section 21. Members, officers and employees of the authority constituted under Section 3 to be public servants.
Section 22. Bar of jurisdiction.
Section 23. Power to delegate.
Section 24. Effect of other laws.
Section 25. Power to make rules.
Section 26. Rules made under this Act to be laid before Parliament.

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
19-11-1986	Environment (Protection) Rule, 1986
23-03-2016	e_waste_management_rule_2016
28-03-2016	Plastic_Waste_Management_Rule_2016
28-03-2016	Bio-Medical Waste Management Rule 16
29-03-2016	Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016
04-04-2016	Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016
08-04-2016	Solid Waste Management Rules
16-02-2022	The Plastic Waste Management Rules 2022

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
10-11-2010	Empowerment of Sub-Divisional Magistrate under Environment Protection Act, 1986 - The Gazette of India Dt 10.11.2010
29-10-2015	Zonal Master P1an—2030 for Mount Abu Eco-sensitive Zone
02-11-2016	Notification on Regulation of Lead Contents in Household and Decorative Paints Rules, 2016
21-08-2017	Fly Ash for the Manufacture of the Bricks - no charges are lived or recovered
12-09-2018	Constitution of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)
27-11-2019	Rajasthan State Wetland Authority(RSWA) constitution
12-08-2021	Gazette Notification on Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021
15-09-2021	Plastic Carry Bags (Plastic Waste Management)
31-12-2021	Plastic Carry Bags (Plastic Waste Management)
31-12-2021	EP Act Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2016

Year	Description	Hindi Description
11-04-2020	Standing Committee reconstituted for the Management of Sambhar Lake 04.11.2020
01-07-2021	Special Task Force for taking measures to eliminate single use plastic
18-10-2021	Constitution of Sambhar Lake Management Agency
24-07-2025	Imposition of a One-Time Processing Fee for Environmental Clearance Applications under EIA Notification, 2006.	Processing Fee for Environmental Clearance