Info Bit Aug 16

1: Ganga Action plan was launched in 1985.

2: There are 7 National parties in india

3: National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the Ministry of Environment of India. The mission of the organization is to safeguard the drainage basin which feeds water into the Ganges by protecting it from pollution or overuse.

4:  Ministry of Minority Affairs was created on 29th January, 2006.
    5 minorities in india : Muslim , christian , sikh , parsi , buddist

Info Bits : Aug 2012

1: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place from 1973 through 1982

2: indian institute of soil sciences is located in bhopal