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Sansad TV: Bills: An Insight- The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022

  Introduction: The government has introduced this Bill, almost forty years since India first joined the Antarctica Pact. The bill provides for harmonious policy framework for India’s Antarctica activities. The Bill seeks to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, and the Protocol on Environmental Protection …

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Antarctic Treaty

Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Antarctic Treaty: Context: 23 June 2021- 60th anniversary of the entry into force of the Antarctic Treaty (23 June 1961). Significance of the treaty: Negotiated during the middle of the Cold War by 12 countries with Antarctic interests, it remains the only example of a single treaty that governs a …

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