Government of India and other statutory bodies have been keen in addressing the issues related to wastes management, environmental protection, and climate change.
Chronologically progressed as follows-
• 1958- THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NEERI) NAGPUR WAS ESTABLISHED AS CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS
• 1968- REGIONAL CENTRE FOR URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WAS ESTABLISHED AT LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY BY MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
• THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT WAS ENACTED IN 1974
• THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT WAS ENACTED IN 1981
• NOISE (POLLUTION AND CONTROL) RULES 1999 WERE NOTIFIED ON 1ST DAY OF JULY 1999
• MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT) RULES WERE NOTIFIED IN 2000
• SWACHH BHARAT MISSION- URBAN WAS LAUNCHED ON 2ND OCTOBER 2014 BY MOUD, GOI
• IN SUPERSESSION OF ABOVE-CAPTIONED MSW (H&M) RULES 2000, NEW SET OF SIX RULES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WERE PUBLISHED IN 2016
• WASTE TO WEALTH MISSION WAS LAUNCHED BY MOHUA, GOI IN 2017
• NATION CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED IN 2019 AND
• SWACHH VAYU SURVEKSHAN WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022