Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Environment and Forests of State of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview

Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Ministers responsible	Dindigul C.Sreenivasan, Minister for Forests Department K. C. Karuppannan, Minister for Environment and Pollution Control Department
Agency executive	Atulya Misra, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	Environment and Forests Department

The Department of Environment and Forests of State of Tamil Nadu is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

History

The Department of Environment was created in 1995 as the Nodal Department for environmental management of the state.^[1]

Name	Website
Tamil Nadu Environment Department^[2]	http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/
Tamil Nadu Forest Department^[3]	http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/

Name	Website
Arasu Rubber Corporation Limited	http://www.arasurubber.tn.nic.in/
Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation Limited (TAFCORN)	http://www.tafcorn.tn.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Limited (TANTEA)	http://www.tantea.co.in/
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board	http://www.tnpcb.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation And Greening Society (TNBCGS)^[4]

↑ "Department History" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/. Retrieved 2012-10-07. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Sub-Departments of the E & F Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Sub - Departments of the E & F Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "organisations under the E & F Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)

Environment and Forests Department
http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proact_eandf.htm (RTI Site of the Environment and Forests Department, Tamil Nadu)
http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)

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