The Ministry of Environment is a ministry of the
Government of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the states of india, state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected State governments of India, government with 288 Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLAs ...
. The ministry is responsible for promoting environmental issues in
Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a
cabinet level minister.
Eknath Shinde
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: knaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician and president of Shivsena serving as the 20th and Current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was earlier the Cabinet Minister of Urba ...
is current
Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Head office
List of Cabinet Ministers
List of Ministers of State
History
Ministry of Environment was renamed as Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in 2020.
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is execution wing of the ministry.
MPCB is responsible for implementation of -
*Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
*Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
*Water (Cess) Act, 1977
*Few provisions under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986
*Biomedical Waste (M&H) Rules, 1998,
*Hazardous Waste (M&H) Rules, 2000,
*Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000 etc.
MPCB is an
ISO 9000
The ISO 9000 family is a set of five quality management systems (QMS) standards that help organizations ensure they meet customer and other Stakeholder (corporate), stakeholder needs within statutory and regulatory requirements related to a pr ...
and ISO 27001 certified organization.
Composition of the MPCB
As per provisions of section 4 of the Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 and section 5 of Air (P&CP) Act, 1981), board consists of -
#Chairman,
#Member Secretary
#Official and Non-Official Members
References
External links
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Government ministries of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
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