Indian Antarctic Bill’ introduced in Lok Sabha
Indian Antarctic Bill’ introduced in Lok Sabha
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; Minister of State PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday introduced a Bill in Parliament to provide for national measures for protecting the environment of Antarctic and dependent and associated ecosystem and to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and Protocol on the Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
Antarctica, the southernmost continent with a geographical area of 14 million square km, has no indigenous population. However, around 1000 – 5000 people reside there in ...