{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.639Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-033","text":"Unveil a National Environment Policy","quote":"We will establish an appropriate legal framework for the protection of the environment and unveil a National Environment Policy to balance between development and ecology.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"environment","measurability":"measurable","importance":"minor","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"not_started","rating":0,"ratingRule":"not_started","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"The first draft of a National Environment Policy was released for comment in August 2004, after the term ended. The successor government's Cabinet approved it on 18 May 2006. No draft from the 1999-2004 term was found.","evidence":[{"date":"2006-06-30","sourceType":"news","publisher":"Down To Earth","title":"Policy for the environment kept under wraps","url":"https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/policy-for-the-environment-kept-under-wraps-7968","quote":"The Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) had first put up a draft nep for public comments in August 2004.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2006-05-18","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Ministry of Environment & Forests","title":"National Environment Policy 2006","url":"https://moef.gov.in/uploads/2017/07/introduction-nep2006e.pdf","quote":"National Environment Policy 2006 ... Approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May, 2006","stance":"context"}],"tags":["environment-policy"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}