Lok Sabha passes the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022

Aimed at having India’s own national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystem

Introducing the Bill in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh says, it provides harmonious policy and regulatory framework for India’s Antarctic activities through well-established legal mechanism

​​​​​​​The Bill proposes to set-up Indian Antarctic Authority (IAA) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences as the apex decision making authority: Dr Jitendra Singh

Lok Sabha today passed the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 moved by Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh. The Bill aims at having India’s own national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment as also the dependent and associated ecosystem.

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