The Environment (Protection) Act was enacted in 1986 with the objective of providing for the protection and improvement of the environment.
It empowers the Central Government to establish authorities charged with the mandate of preventing environmental pollution in all its forms and to tackle specific environmental problems that are peculiar to different parts of the country.
The Act was last amended in 1991.
Endangered Mammals (India)
Tigers (including Bengal Tiger)
Asiatic Lion (Included Gir Lions)
Red Panda
Dhole/Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog (Cuon alpinus)
Eld’s deer/thamin or brow-antlered deer (Panolia eldii)
