Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: TH
Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to ensure that coastal States and Union Territories promptly prepare Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMP) or Island Coastal Regulation Zone Plans (ICRZP) as per the Coastal Regulation Zone notification, 2019.
- A report submitted to the NGT revealed that only Odisha, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, along with Great Nicobar and Little Andaman Islands, have formulated the CZMP/ICRZP as per the 2019 notification.
