Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Vishwamitra)

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Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
पर्यावरण और प्राकृतिक संसाधन मंत्रालय
Ministry overview
Formed7 September 2017 (as Ministry of Environment, Nature, and Conservation)
Dissolved12 August 2023
JurisdictionGovernment of Vishwamitra
HeadquartersRajagriha
Child agencies
  • Department of Environment
  • Department of Preservation of Natural Resources
  • Department of Climate Change

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Hindi: पर्यावरण और प्राकृतिक संसाधन मंत्रालय) is a former union ministry in the Government of Vishwamitra and now a department under the Ministry of National Development responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of environmental and plantation programmes in the nation. The main activities undertaken by the ministry include conservation and survey of the flora and fauna in the nation, and other environmental areas. It also promotes afforestation and plantation drives among the citizens. The ministry was created on 7 September 2017 by prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish as the Ministry of Environment, Nature, and Conservation.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources was headed by a minister of the union cabinet who usually holds the rank of a cabinet minister or a minister of state (independent charge). The inaugural minister was Saikat Seal while the current minister is Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika who has been in-charge since 12 November 2022.

History

The ministry was created on 7 September 2017 by then prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish separating the department of environment and nature from the Ministry of Culture and named it the Ministry of Environment, Nature, and Conservation. Saikat Seal was appointed as the first minister on 7 September 2017.

The ministry was briefly merged into the Ministry of Sanitation and Hygiene in March 2018 and was re-established in May 2018 as the Ministry of Environment and Nature. On 9 March 2019, the Ministry of Sanitation and Hygiene was merged into the Ministry of Environment and Nature and on 17 March 2019, after the formation of the Fifth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry, the ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Nature and Environment Conservation. On 16 July 2019, the ministry was further renamed as the Ministry of Sanitation and Natural Resources and again on 2 September 2019 as the Ministry of Environmental Resources. In a cabinet decision on 20 September 2019, the Departments of Sanitation and Public Health were separated from the Ministry and merged together to form an independent ministry named as the Ministry of Sanitation and Public Health.

The ministry was briefly abolished on 24 November 2019 and re-created on 3 March 2020, the Ministry of Environmental Resources was again re-named as the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources. In March 2021, then newly-sworn in prime minister Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu decided that the ministry be renamed as the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. On 10 July 2021, the ministry was renamed to its current name of that of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

In August 2023, the ministry was merged with several other ministries to form the Ministry of National Development and became a department under the ministry.

Organization

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has three constituent departments:

  • Department of Environment
  • Department of Preservation of Natural Resources
  • Department of Climate Change

Ministers

Key
  • MoS, I/C means Minister of State (Independent charge)
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Environment, Nature, and Conservation
1 File:Saikat-Seal.PNG Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
7 September
2017
25 December
2017
109 days Friends Society Freedom Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
2 File:Manoj Chetry.PNG Manoj Chetry
(born 2005)
(MoS, I/C)
25 December
2017
21 March
2018
86 days Friends Societal Congress Varuna V Varuna Sriraya
Minister of Environment and Nature
(2) File:Manoj Chetry.PNG Manoj Chetry
(born 2005)
14 May
2018
12 October
2018
151 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa III Tanishkaa Patranabish
Varuna Sriraya
3 Sampriti Paul
(born 2004)
MP for Kahilipara

(MoS, I/C)
12 October
2018
6 January
2019
86 days Friends Society Secular Party Varuna VII
4 File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg Jemina Hazarika
(born 2006)
(MoS, I/C)
7 January
2019
28 February
2019
52 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa IV Tanishkaa Patranabish
(1) File:Saikat-Seal.PNG Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
28 February
2019
17 March
2019
17 days
Minister of Nature and Environment Conservation
(1) File:Saikat-Seal.PNG Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
17 March
2019
16 July
2019
121 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
Minister of Sanitation and Natural Resources
(3) Sampriti Paul
(born 2004)
MP for Kahilipara

(MoS, I/C)
16 July
2019
1 September
2019
47 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
Minister of Environmental Resources
(1) File:Saikat-Seal.PNG Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
2 September
2019
20 September
2019
18 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
5 Nishwan Baidantic
(born 2001)
Unelected

(MoS, I/C)
20 September
2019
29 September
2019
9 days
(4) File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg Jemina Hazarika
(born 2006)
(MoS, I/C)
29 September
2019
15 October
2019
16 days
6 File:Anirban Phatowali new photo.jpg Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for Kahilipara
15 October
2019
24 November
2019
40 days
Minister of Environmental and Natural Resources
7 Arpan Deka
(born 2007)
Unelected

(MoS, I/C)
3 March
2020
22 March
2020
19 days National People's Congress Anoushkaa I Anoushkaa Patranabish
(3) Sampriti Paul
(born 2004)
MP for Kahilipara
22 March
2020
30 April
2020
39 days Tanishkaa VI Tanishkaa Patranabish
13 May
2020
7 June
2020
25 days Tanishkaa VII
(1) File:Saikat-Seal.PNG Prince Saikat
(born 2006)
Unelected
8 June
2020
28 January
2020
9 days Anoushkaa II Princess Anoushkaa
8 Matthew Xia
(born 2006)
Unelected
28 January
2021
1 March
2021
32 days Independent Ștefan I Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment
(8) Matthew Xia
(born 2006)
MP for Chandril
6 March
2021
10 July
2021
126 days National People's Congress Ștefan II Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
(8) Matthew Xia
(born 2006)
MP for Chandril
10 July
2021
11 September
2021
63 days National People's Congress Ștefan II Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
9 File:Portrait of Princess Bishakha (2022).jpg Princess Bishakha
(born 2013)
MP for Chandrabans
11 September
2021
21 October
2021
40 days Farhaz I Farhaz Hazarika
10 Patrick Kenny
(born 2002)
Unelected
21 October
2021
22 November
2021
32 days Independent Phillip Phillip Joseph Pillin
11 File:Portrait of Farhaz Hazarika (November 2021).jpg Farhaz Hazarika
(born 2003)
MP for Rashtra Niwas

(Prime Minister)
22 November
2021
3 January
2022
42 days National People's Congress Farhaz II Farhaz Hazarika
Minister of Nature, Health, and Swachhta Mission
12 File:Arturo Lara 2019.jpg General (Retd.)
Arturo Lara
(born 1998)
MP for Chandril

(MoS, I/C)
3 January
2022
9 February
2022
37 days National People's Congress Farhaz II Farhaz Hazarika
13 File:Portrait of W. Pranit Singh.jpg W. Pranit Singh
(born 2001)
MP for Basistha Rural
9 February
2022
17 March
2022
36 days
(11) File:Portrait of Farhaz Hazarika (November 2021).jpg Farhaz Hazarika
(born 2003)
MP for Rashtra Niwas

(Prime Minister)
17 March
2022
12 May
2022
56 days
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
14 Rey Jr. Mancio
(born 2007)
MP for Boragaon

(MoS, I/C)
12 May
2022
1 July
2022
50 days Independent Farhaz III Farhaz Hazarika
15 File:Photo of Abhiraj Kar.jpg Prince Abhiraj Kar
(born 2006)
MP for Basant Bahar
1 July
2022
11 November
2022
133 days
(11) File:Portrait of Farhaz Hazarika (November 2021).jpg Farhaz Hazarika
(born 2003)
MP for Basistha City

(Prime Minister)
12 November
2022
14 June
2023
214 days Congress Farhaz IV
(13) File:Portrait of W. Pranit Singh.jpg W. Pranit Singh
(born 2001)
MP for Basant Bahar
14 June
2023
12 August
2023
288 days
Ministry abolished

Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister Cabinet Minister
From To Period
Ministers of State for Environment, Nature, and Conservation (7 September – 21 March 2018)
Pranjit Kalita
(born 2006)
7 September
2017
25 December
2017
109 days Freedom Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish Saikat Seal
Arpan Deka
(born 2007)
25 December
2017
21 March
2018
86 days Congress Varuna V Varuna Sriraya Manoj Chetry
(MoS, I/C)
Ministers of State for Environmental Resources (2 September – 24 November 2019)
Chandan Das
(born 2005)
2 September
2019
20 September
2019
18 days Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish Saikat Seal
Tusharjit Deka
(born 2007)
15 October
2019
16 November
2019
32 days Anirban Phatowali
Ministers of State for Environment and Natural Resources (12 May 2022 – present)
Datuk Sri
Suryadeva Kapei,
(born 2008)
12 November
2022
18 March
2023
126 days National People's Congress Farhaz IV Farhaz Hazarika Farhaz Hazarika
(Prime Minister)
6 April
2023
14 June
2023
69 days

See also