Economic offences often have multiple dimensions which fall under the jurisdiction of various law enforcement agencies. To facilitate coordination amongst the Enforcement Agencies dealing with economic offences, a two-tier system has been established- the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC) chaired by the Finance Minister, and 30 Regional Economic Intelligence Councils (REICs) in different places in India … Continue reading Economic Intelligence Council (EIC)

Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) was set by the Government of India as the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions. FIU-IND is also responsible for coordinating and strengthening efforts of national and international intelligence, investigation and enforcement agencies in pursuing the global efforts against … Continue reading Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

The IAEA was created in 1957 in response to the deep fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and diverse uses of nuclear technology. The Agency’s genesis was U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953. The IAEA is strongly linked to nuclear technology … Continue reading International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (JCPOA): Key details The 2015 nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world powers - the US, UK, Russia, France, China, and Germany - was the signature foreign policy achievement of Barack Obama's presidency. The initial framework lifted crippling economic sanctions on Iran in return for limitations to the country's … Continue reading JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (JCPOA)

Author: Mayank Aggarwal Source: Livemint. Red sander wood (aka red sanders) is in the news after the brutal killing of alleged poachers from neigbouring Tamil Nadu by policemen in Andhra Pradesh. Red sanders is a rare kind of sandalwood that is in high demand in international market and costs around Rs.1,500 to Rs.2,000 a kg. It is found mainly … Continue reading What is Red Sanders?

(Headnote: ISFR is a biennial publication of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), an organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India; first ISFR was brought in 1987 and till 2015, 14 ISFRs have been published; forest cover assessment is based on remote sensing supported by intensive ground verification and … Continue reading India State of Forest Report (ISFR)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future … Continue reading Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

COP 3 - held in Kyoto in 1997. The parties adopted the Kyoto Protocol wherein industrialized parties (Annex I countries) committed themselves to reducing their Green House Gases (GHG) emissions by an average of 5.2% below 1990 levels by 2012. The Protocol came into force in February 2005. COP 13 - held in Bali in … Continue reading Important Conference of Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, on 10th July 2009, issued orders that there will be a Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) as National Advisory Council under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Environment & Forests for monitoring, technical assistance and evaluation of compensatory afforestation activities. Objectives of CAMPA Compensatory Afforestation … Continue reading Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA)

E-green watch and Decision Support System (DSS) are recent initiatives of the Forest Survey of India. E-green watch: E-Green Watch is an integrated & online Geographic Information System (GIS) that will monitor the regeneration of vegetation cover and promoting afforestation as a way of compensating for forest land which is diverted to non-forest uses under CAMPA. It … Continue reading E-Green Watch and Decision Support System.