Sabyasachi Patra
20-08-2020, 02:17 PM
All regional offices of the Ministry brought under one roof
With a view to achieving outcomes related to the mandates of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in an improved, timely and effective manner, and for this purpose to further enhance its outreach to stakeholders, undertake coordinated action and optimize the utilization of available resources, MoEFCC has approved establishment of 19 Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) of the MoEF&CC. These IROs will start functioning from October 1st, 2020.
The Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) will be established though redeployment of human and other resources available with 10 Regional Offices of ROHQ Division, 4 Regional Offices of Forest Survey of India (FSI), 3 Regional Centre of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), 4 Regional Offices of Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and 5 Regional Offices & 3 Sub-regional Offices of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in an integrated manner, and their further strengthening. Thus, each IRO shall have representation from existing Regional Office/Regional Centre of MoEF&CC, FSI, NTCA, CZA and WCCB as available to them from time to time.
The headquarters and jurisdictions of the 19 IROs (Integrated Regional Offices) will be as under:
No.
Headquarter of IRO
States and UTs under jurisdiction
(i)
Shillong
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura
(ii)
Ranchi
Jharkhand, Bihar
(iii)
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
(iv)
Bengaluru
Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep
(v)
Chennai
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, A&N Islands
(vi)
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
(vii)
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
(viii)
Nagpur
Maharashtra
(ix)
Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab
(x)
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
(xi)
Jaipur
Rajasthan, Delhi
(xii)
Gandhi Nagar
Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
(xiii)
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
(xiv)
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
(xv)
Hyderabad
Telangana
(xvi)
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh
(xvii)
Kolkata
West Bengal, Sikkim
(xviii)
Guwahati
Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
(xix)
Jammu
Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir
The head of each of the IRO will be called “Regional Officer” of MoEF&CC. Each of the above 19 Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) shall work as an integrated regional unit of the MoEF&CC in achieving the outcomes related to the mandate of theMinistry.
With a view to achieving outcomes related to the mandates of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in an improved, timely and effective manner, and for this purpose to further enhance its outreach to stakeholders, undertake coordinated action and optimize the utilization of available resources, MoEFCC has approved establishment of 19 Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) of the MoEF&CC. These IROs will start functioning from October 1st, 2020.
The Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) will be established though redeployment of human and other resources available with 10 Regional Offices of ROHQ Division, 4 Regional Offices of Forest Survey of India (FSI), 3 Regional Centre of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), 4 Regional Offices of Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and 5 Regional Offices & 3 Sub-regional Offices of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in an integrated manner, and their further strengthening. Thus, each IRO shall have representation from existing Regional Office/Regional Centre of MoEF&CC, FSI, NTCA, CZA and WCCB as available to them from time to time.
The headquarters and jurisdictions of the 19 IROs (Integrated Regional Offices) will be as under:
No.
Headquarter of IRO
States and UTs under jurisdiction
(i)
Shillong
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura
(ii)
Ranchi
Jharkhand, Bihar
(iii)
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
(iv)
Bengaluru
Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep
(v)
Chennai
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, A&N Islands
(vi)
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
(vii)
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
(viii)
Nagpur
Maharashtra
(ix)
Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab
(x)
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
(xi)
Jaipur
Rajasthan, Delhi
(xii)
Gandhi Nagar
Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
(xiii)
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
(xiv)
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
(xv)
Hyderabad
Telangana
(xvi)
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh
(xvii)
Kolkata
West Bengal, Sikkim
(xviii)
Guwahati
Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
(xix)
Jammu
Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir
The head of each of the IRO will be called “Regional Officer” of MoEF&CC. Each of the above 19 Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) shall work as an integrated regional unit of the MoEF&CC in achieving the outcomes related to the mandate of theMinistry.