The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is the premier forest service of India. It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951.
Motto: अरण्यः ते पृथ्वी स्योनमस्तु (Sanskrit) "The Forest is Earth's delight"
Dietrich Brandis is widely considered as the father of the Service
Forest Research Institute in Dehradun
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Indian government ministry. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Prakash Javadekar meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at COP21 in Paris.
Image: Rajiv Gandhi, the 6th PM of India
Image: Ziaur Rahman Ansari Lok Sabha photo
Image: V. P. Singh (cropped)