Ninth Plan (1997-2002)
Tenth Plan (2002-07)
Eleventh Plan (2007-12)
(1) Recycled Plastic Use Rules (1998)
(2) National Committee on the Conservation and Management of Mangroves and Coral Reefs,
set up in September 1998
(3) Hydro Policy (1998)
(4) Biological Diversity Act (2002)
(5) National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (1999-2000)
(6) Municipal Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules (2000)
(7) National Lake Conservation Plan initiated in 2001
(8) Exploration and exploitation of coal bed methane
(9) Broad-based Energy security strategies in the Ninth Plan included energy conservation, energy efficiency
standards, energy labelling programme, and energy audit to be made mandatory in energy-intensive units
(10) Concern for climate change impacts highlighted
(11)
Lead in Gasoline phased out since 2000
(12) National Policy for hydropower development
(13) National Action Programme (NAP) to combat desertification, 2001
(14) National Land Use and Conservation Board (NLCB) reconstituted
(15) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana launched on 25 December 2000
(16) Energy Conservation Act (2001)
(17) Remote Village Electrification (RVE) Programme (2001/02)
(1) National Environment Policy (2006)
(2) National Agriculture Policy (2000)
(3) Bharat Nirman (to build rural infrastructure) launched by the Government of India in 2005
(4) National Rural Health Mission (2005-12)
(5) First National Communication to UNFCCC in 2004
(6) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) (2005)
(7) JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) (2005)
(8) Disaster Management Act (2005)
(9) Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) (2006)
(10) Rural Electrification Policy (2006)
(11) Integrated Watershed Development Programme (2008)
(12) National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) (2006)
(1) Inclusive approach for development
(2) National Action Plan on Climate Change launched in 2008
(3) Development of "Solar Cities"