Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)

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{{Infobox Government agency
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|minister1_name =[[K. Ramachandran]]
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|minister2_name = siva v.maiyanathan
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|chief1_name = '''Supriya Sahu, IAS'''
|chief1_position = Principal Secretary to Government
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The '''Environment and Forests Department [Tamil Nadu]''', is an [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] government ministry.

== History ==
The Department of Environment was created in 1995 as the Nodal Department for environmental management of the state.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/pdf/environment.pdf|work=tn.gov.in/rti/|title=Department History|accessdate=2012-10-07}}</ref>

== Sub-departments ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Website
|-
|Tamil Nadu Environment Department<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/eandf/handbook-eandf.pdf|work=tn.gov.in|title= Sub-Departments of the E & F Department|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref>
|http://www.environment.tn.nic.in/
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu Forest Department]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/eandf/handbook-eandf.pdf|work=tn.gov.in|title= Sub - Departments of the E & F Department|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref>
|https://web.archive.org/web/20131020195613/http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/
|}

== Undertakings and bodies ==
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! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Website
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|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)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/adtw/handbook-adtw.pdf|work=tn.gov.in|title= organisations under the E & F Department|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref>
|https://www.tn.gov.in/detail_contact/91387/5/
|}

== Present Ministers for Forests ==
*[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]] (since 23 May 2016)

=== Former Ministers for Forests ===
* 2006 - 2011
** [[N. Selvaraj]]
* 2011 - 2016
** [[B. V. Ramanaa]]

== Present Ministers for Environment and Pollution Control ==
*[[siva v.maiyanathan]]

=== Former Ministers for Environment and Pollution Control ===
* 2006 - 2011
** [[T. P. M. Mohideen Khan]]
* 2011 - 2016
** [[K. T. Pachaimal]]

== See also ==
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments]]
* [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)]]
* [[Department of Finance (Kerala)]]
* [[Van Vigyan Kendra|Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK)]] Forest Science Centres

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tn.gov.in/department/8 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)

{{Government Departments of Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Tamil Nadu state government departments]]
[[Category:State forest departments of India|Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Environment of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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