Environmental Pollution and Degradation

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED SITES) RULES,2025

The Environment Ministry has notified new guidelines under the Environment Protection Act that provide a procedure for dealing with chemically contaminated locations.  The Environment Protection (Management of Contaminated Sites) Rules, 2025, provide a legal framework for tackling chemical contamination that was previously lacking, although several such sites have already been discovered around the country.