Policies, Laws and Regulations

This report by Central Pollution Control Board sheds light on the guidelines meant for environmental protection for new industrial estates and up gradation of pollution control systems for existing industrial estates.

This document by Ministry of Tribal Affairs sheds light on the rules related to the rights of the Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.

This document is a draft of Goa’s mining policy for 2012 by the Directorate of Mines & Geology, Government of Goa. It begins with a preamble, which gives a brief overview of the significance of mining in the union territory.

This document by Department of Housing & Urban development, Government of Odisha, provides ward level data on insanitary latrines in urban areas of the state.

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is a draft of the WASH advocacy and communication strategy 2012-2017.

This document by National Disaster Management Authority, sheds light on the guidelines that have been prepared with a view to provide the necessary guiding principles to the central ministries/departments and the state governments for establishing a communication network to

This document by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, is a draft policy for the exploration and exploitation of Shale oil and gas in India. The consumption of natural gas has increased in the recent times and is projected to increase even more in the coming years.

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, is on the minutes of the meeting of the conference of state ministers and state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water and sanitation.

This document by Department of Drinking Water Supply is on the guidelines of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) (July 2012). The details of the guidelines are elaborated in 23 different sections, followed by an exhaustive list of annexure.

Indian municipal waste water disposal system generated a "neo scavengers" of municipal waste water workers/ sewer workers in organised occupations.

Solutions on the rehabilitation of manual scavengers were been enacted with the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 .