ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT , 1986

THIS ACT IS AN ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA UNDER ARTICLE 253  OF THE INDIA CONSTITUTION . IT WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO UN CONFERENCE ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENT HELD IN STOCKHOLM IN 1972                                                                                                                                                                              THS ACT WAS PRESENTED BY LATE PM RAJIV GANDHI  ON 23rd MAY 1986 ON THE ACCOUNT BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LT PM INDIRA GANDHI SOME TERMS  IN THE ACT ARE AS FOLLOWS : 

1.ENVIRONMENT

2.ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

3.HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE

4.HANDLING

5.OCCUPIER