A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
NDJ Subject Files No.16
I. Subject Files, 1976-2016
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1982
Papers related to constitution of a panel of experts to conduct a Quinquennial Review of the activities of Forest Research Institute & Colleges, Dehradun. Includes related correspondence among P.B. Das (Under Secretary, Dept. of Environment), N.D. Jayal, O.N. Kaul (Coordinator, RCC & Member-Secretary, Review Panel), Hari Narain (Chief Project Coordinator, UNDP & Chairman, Quinquennial Review Panel of FRI & C). Also, includes office order regarding the constitution of review panel and list of documents; Report of Forestry Institutions and Education Advisory Mission to India (FAO, Rome, 1977); official note for Seventh Five Year Plan under the chairmanship of the Director of Forest Education; a note titled ‘Approach Paper on Forestry Research & Training for the Seventh Plan’; notification regulations to amend the Indian Forest Service (Probationer’s Final Examination) Regulations, 1968; organisational flow chart of Personnel of the Forest Research Institute & Colleges, Dehradun (1st August, 1982 & 1st February, 1983), etc.
Quinquennial Review, Forest Research Institute; O.N. Kaul; Hari Narain; Seventh Five Year Plan; Review Panel
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1982
Notes on decline in natural forests and conservation through national trust concept. Includes notes titled ‘Intervention by Shri. N.D. Jayal, Joint Secretary, Department of Environment at the Meeting of the Coordinating Group of Experts from Developing Countries’; ‘Conservation of India’s Cultural heritage through the Natural Trust Concept’; and ‘Report on Saving Mahabaleshwar’s Environment’.
Decline in Natural Forests; National Trust Concept; Coordinating Group; Conservation of Cultural Heritage; Mahabaleshwar's Environment
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1983
Papers on the Expert Committee appointed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to study felling and protection of forests in the Uttar Pradesh Himalayas (Uttarakhand). Includes notes on general recommendations of sub-committee, comments of Department of Environment on recommendations of experts committee, terms of Reference and Summary of Recommendations of Report, transfer of forests to industry, planning and management of National Afforestation Programme’.
Expert Committee; National Afforestation Programme; Department of Environment; Uttrakhandi
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1984
Papers relating to environmental legislations. Includes correspondence between N.D. Jayal and Chhatrapati Singh (Professor, Indian Law Institute, Delhi) regarding rejection of Environmental Courts Bill by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Also, includes press release of Bombay Environmental Action Group on environmental courts; guidelines for diversion of forest lands for non-forest purposes under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; copy of The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 & a gazette notifying amendment of The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; a note titled ‘Code of Practice for Controlling Noise from Sources other than Industries and Automobiles’.
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1989
Steering Committee on Environment, Forest & Wastelands Development for the formulation of the 8th five-year plan. The file contains related correspondence between N.D. Jayal and Manju Sharma (Scientific Secretary & Chief, Science, Planning Commission). Includes: Draft report of the ‘Steering Group for Environment, Forests and Wastelands Development’; minutes of the meeting; VIII Plan- Working Group on the ‘Environment and Ecology’; suggestions from Chandi Prasad Bhatt; proposal titled ‘Ganga Action Plan’. Also, includes letters exchanged between N.D. Jayal and P.B. Krishnaswamy (Secretary, Planning Commission) regarding a one-day discussion on problems relating to environment and a background paper titled ‘Approach to environment and forests in 8th Plan: A draft for discussion’ (enclosure).
Wasteland Development; Eighth Fiver Year Plan; Chandi Prasad Bhatt; Ganga Action Plan; P.B. Krishnaswamy
