New Website of Environment & Forest Ministry Launched

29 SEPT 2009

Environment and Forests Minister, Shri Jai Ram Ramesh launched his Ministry’s New Website to create awareness among the people about the environment and wild life. This is part of a continuous and ongoing process to make it more transparent and citizen-friendly. The Website has been redesigned after a lengthy consultation process involving a number of prominent civil society groups, key user groups and other stakeholders. An effort has been made to take all their suggestions on board in the development of the new website, the Minister added.

The governing principle in this redesign has been to provide users with ready access to relevant information. To this end the interface has been imbued with user friendly. In an attempt to draw more visitors to the website, a number of progressive features have been included such as videos, pictures and a blog by the Minister him self. The website is simultaneously a platform for the Ministry to provide the world with a window to its functioning and to receive feedback on its working.

The new website is available at http://moef.gov.in/

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