<P> Environmental debates were first introduced into the national political agenda during Indira Gandhi 's first term as Prime Minister of India . The 4th Five - Year Plan ( 1969 -- 74 ) , for example , proclaimed `` harmonious development ( ... ) on the basis of a comprehensive appraisal of environmental issues . '' In 1976 ( during the Emergency ) Gandhi added Article 48A to the constitution stating that : `` The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country . '' The same decree transferred wildlife and forests from state list to concurrent list of the constitution , thus giving the central government the power to overrule state decisions on that matter . Such political and constitutional changes prepared the groundwork for the creation of a federal Department of Environment in 1980 , turned into the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985 . Although tackling climate change was already a responsibility of the ministry , its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to the current title of Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change . </P>
<P> Environmental debates were first introduced into the national political agenda during Indira Gandhi 's first term as Prime Minister of India . The 4th Five - Year Plan ( 1969 -- 74 ) , for example , proclaimed `` harmonious development ( ... ) on the basis of a comprehensive appraisal of environmental issues . '' In 1976 ( during the Emergency ) Gandhi added Article 48A to the constitution stating that : `` The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country . '' The same decree transferred wildlife and forests from state list to concurrent list of the constitution , thus giving the central government the power to overrule state decisions on that matter . Such political and constitutional changes prepared the groundwork for the creation of a federal Department of Environment in 1980 , turned into the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985 . Although tackling climate change was already a responsibility of the ministry , its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to the current title of Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change . </P>
when was established department of environment govt. of india
when was established department of environment govt. of india
1980
1980