{"id":178283,"date":"2022-04-08T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=178283"},"modified":"2022-04-08T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:49:09","slug":"answered-nearly-40-years-after-india-first-signed-the-antarctic-treaty-the-government-has-brought-in-a-draft-indian-antarctic-bill-2020-highlight-the-need-and-significance-of-the-indian-antarctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-nearly-40-years-after-india-first-signed-the-antarctic-treaty-the-government-has-brought-in-a-draft-indian-antarctic-bill-2020-highlight-the-need-and-significance-of-the-indian-antarctic\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Nearly 40 years after India first signed the Antarctic Treaty, the government has brought in a draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020. Highlight the need and significance of The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"624\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong> Provide a brief introduction on The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Body: <\/strong>Write 4-5 points on the requirement of the bill and 4-5 points on the significance of the bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion: <\/strong>conclude with some suggestive statements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 envisages regulating visits and activities to the Antarctic, where India has set up research stations <strong>Maitri (1989) and Bharati (2012).<\/strong> The draft bill is the first domestic legislation with regard to Antarctica in India. The Bill now puts into place a comprehensive list of regulations related to Antarctica, for scientific expeditions, as well as for individuals, companies and tourists. It also prescribes penal provisions for certain serious violations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> Antarctica Treaty, 1983 made it mandatory <\/strong>for the 54 signatory countries to specify laws governing territories on which their stations are located.<\/li>\n<li>There is growing <strong>concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment<\/strong> (India is also signatory to Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Resources) and ocean around Antarctica from exploitation of marine living resources and human presence in Antarctica.<\/li>\n<li>The continuing and growing presence of Indian scientists in Antarctica demands a domestic legislation on Antarctica consistent with its obligations as a member of the Antarctic Treaty.<\/li>\n<li>There is need to <strong>enable India\u2019s courts to deal with disputes or crimes committed in parts of Antarctica<\/strong>, and help build credibility regarding India\u2019s participation.<\/li>\n<li>There are <strong>no rules to check any unlawful activity <\/strong>happening in the territory involving India\u2019s research stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A domestic legislation will further provide <strong>more validity to the Antarctic Treaty<\/strong>, and subsequent protocols, of which India is a signatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power to courts:<\/strong> It extends the jurisdiction of Indian courts to Antarctica, for crimes on the continent by Indian citizens, or foreign citizens who are a part of Indian expeditions. So far there has been no remedy for crimes committed during an expedition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boost to tourism:<\/strong> The Bill now enables Indian tour operators to operate in Antarctica, although, for commercial fishing, this is limited by strict regulations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Environment protection:<\/strong> It will allow the government to establish a committee on Antarctic governance and environmental protection to implement and ensure compliance with the relevant international laws, emissions standards and rules of protection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal framework:<\/strong> The proposed law will provide a harmonious policy framework for India\u2019s Antarctic activities through a well-established legal mechanism and ease activities of the Indian Antarctic programme, including management tourism and sustainable development of fisheries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A dedicated fund:<\/strong> It will ensure protection of the Antarctic environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposed legislation will aim to provide a regulatory framework and help in efficient and effective operations of the Indian Antarctic programme. It will facilitate India\u2019s interest in the management of sustainable development of resources in Antarctic waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Provide a brief introduction on The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 Body: Write 4-5 points on the requirement of the bill and 4-5 points on the significance of the bill. Conclusion: conclude with some suggestive statements. The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 envisages regulating visits and activities to the Antarctic, where India has set up research&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-nearly-40-years-after-india-first-signed-the-antarctic-treaty-the-government-has-brought-in-a-draft-indian-antarctic-bill-2020-highlight-the-need-and-significance-of-the-indian-antarctic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] Nearly 40 years after India first signed the Antarctic Treaty, the government has brought in a draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020. Highlight the need and significance of The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700782090,"cached_date":1704763184},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178283","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}