{"id":13029,"date":"2020-01-17T17:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13029"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:34:44","slug":"environment-related-offences-fell-in-2018-8-states-buck-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environment-related-offences-fell-in-2018-8-states-buck-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment-related offences fell in 2018; 8 states buck trend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> National\nCrime Records Bureau released data on environmental crimes in Annual Crime in\nIndia report 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Environmental\ncrimes dropped 17% in 2018<\/li><li>Tamil\nNadu topped the list, followed by Rajasthan and Kerala <\/li><li>almost\ntwo-thirds of such violations were that of the cigarette and tobacco-related\nlaw<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Environmental Crimes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offences related\nto eight acts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The\n Forest Act, 1927<\/strong>: It consolidates the law related to\n forest, the transit of forest produce, and the duty liable on timber and\n other forest produce<\/li><li><strong>The\n Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/strong>:\n It provides for protection of plants and animal species.<\/li><li><strong>The\n Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986<\/strong>: It relates to the\n protection and improvement of the human environment and the prevention of\n hazards to human beings, other living creatures, plants and property.<\/li><li><strong>The\n Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981<\/strong>: It provides for the prevention,\n control and abatement of air pollution.<\/li><li><strong>The\n Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974<\/strong>: It is a comprehensive legislation that\n regulates agencies responsible for checking on water pollution<\/li><li><strong>The\n Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003<\/strong>: It prohibits advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco\n products in India. Smoking in public places (including indoor workplaces)\n is prohibited<\/li><li><strong>The\n National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act, 2010<\/strong>: It established NGT to handle the expeditious disposal of the cases\n pertaining to environmental issues<\/li><li>Central and state noise pollution acts<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: National Crime Records Bureau released data on environmental crimes in Annual Crime in India report 2018 Facts: Key takeaways Environmental crimes dropped 17% in 2018 Tamil Nadu topped the list, followed by Rajasthan and Kerala almost two-thirds of such violations were that of the cigarette and tobacco-related law Additional Information: Environmental Crimes: The offences&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environment-related-offences-fell-in-2018-8-states-buck-trend\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Environment-related offences fell in 2018; 8 states buck trend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4859],"class_list":["post-13029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-environmental-crimes","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704406874},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}