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BACHELORS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AS MINOR (CT-1)

5th SEMESTER
EVS522N ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE_ ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND POLICY
CREDITS: (THEORY-3, PRACTICAL -1)
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME: This course is framed in such a way that students of environmental science should
be aware of the legal perspective on various issues and dimensions of environment. They will get a better understanding
about the situation whether there is matching response from the legal and policy front of the nation towards the ever-
increasing environmental degradation.
THEORY (3 CREDITS: 45 HOURS)
UNIT I: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
An overview of evolution of environmental laws and policy in India, Environment protection: Provisions of
Indian constitution (48A, 51A, and 253); Wildlife protection Act (amended) (1972), Water prevention and
control of pollution Act, Air prevention and control of pollution Act
UNIT II: NATIONAL LAWS
Forest Conservation Act (1980), Environmental Protect Act, 1986, National green tribunal Act (2010), Solid
wastes (management and handling) rules (2016), Hazardous and other waste rules, 2016
UNIT III: NATIONAL POLICIES AND MISSIONS
National Environmental Policy, 2006; National Water Policy, 2012; National Energy Policy, 2017; National
Forest Policy, 2018; National Missions
PRACTICALS: (1 CREDITS) (30 HOURS)

1. Case studies under article 14, 19, and 21


2. Study of any success story regarding the with implementation of Environmental Laws and Policies
3. Identification of biomedical and hazardous waste in households
4. Case study under Forest Conservation Act, 1980, EPA, 1986, NGT 2010
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Environmental protection, Sue, Elworthy & Jane, Holder. 1997. Cambridge University Press
2. Environmental and Pollution Laws in India, T. S. Doabia (4th Ed.). 2022. Lexis Nexis Publishers.
3. Environmental Law and Policy in India, Shyam, Diwan & Armin, Rosencranz (3rd Ed.). 2023. Oxford
University Press
4. Environmental Law in India, Gurdip Singh (2nd Ed.). 2016. MacMillan Publisher.

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