The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 was enacted in the immediate aftermath of which event?

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The leak of methyl isocyanate at Bhopal in December 1984 exposed how little the existing law could do.
The Environment (Protection) Act followed in 1986 as umbrella legislation giving the central government wide powers.
It is the Act under which the Environment Impact Assessment notification is issued.

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Being umbrella legislation is the point: the earlier Acts each covered one medium, such as water or air, and nothing covered the whole.

Concept: Why the Environment (Protection) Act was passed
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The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 was enacted in the immediate aftermath of which event?

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