EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Environment (Protection) Act was enacted in the year 1986. It was enacted with the main objective to provide the protection and improvement of the environment and for matters connected therewith.

Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agency of the U.S. government that sets and enforces national pollution-control standards. Environmental Protection Agency.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 is an umbrella legislation under which various rules and notifications have been framed and issued to take care of the different dimensions of environment challenges.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -The act came into force in 1986. It authorizes the central government to improve and protect environmental quality, reduce and control pollution from the sources, and restrict or prevent the setting and operation of any industrial facility on environmental grounds.