E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Taxonomy is administered by the

E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Taxonomy is administered by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2019
The E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Taxonomy is administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India.
This award recognizes outstanding work in plant and animal taxonomy, which is crucial for biodiversity conservation and falls under the purview of the Environment Ministry.
The award is named after Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal, a renowned botanist. It was instituted in 1999 and aims to encourage researchers to work on taxonomy and identify new species.
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