This section describes the broad background of the Environmental Legislations in India and lists out various acts and laws laid down by the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The section also explores the Environmental Impact Assessment and provides discussion on some of the recent projects which were under environmental controversy along with the court judgments and recent developments. 

• Early Environmental Legislations.

• Environmental Legislations in the 70's

• Environmental Legislations in the mid 80's

• Environmental Policies in the 90's