Question
Download Solution PDF'The Wildlife Protection Act' was enforced in India in the year
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1972.
Key Points
Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
- Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 provides for the protection of Wild Animals, Birds, and Plants and issues concerned with them.
- It consists of total VI schedules
- Schedule I and II – Provides absolute protection and offenses under these prescribed the highest penalties.
- Schedule III and IV - Also protected but the penalties are much lower.
- Schedule V - Includes animals that may be hunted.
- Schedule VI - Provides for prohibition from cultivation and planting of specified plants.
Additional Information
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Acts |
Year |
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Indian Forest Act |
1927 |
|
Wildlife Conservation Act |
1972 |
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Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act |
1974 |
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Forest Conservation Act |
1980 |
|
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act |
1981 |
|
Environment (Protection) Act |
1986 |
|
Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules |
2000 |
|
Biological Diversity Act |
2002 |
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