The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) is a project of the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India to facilitate generation & dissemination of information on Environmental issues.
Environmental Information System (ENVIS) is a Gateway on Environment Information, which aims to reach a wider spectrum of the society and strengthen the environmental management capacity in the country. It has launched a major initiative to expand the network and reach through involvement of additional institutions/organizations in Governments, academic, corporate and NGO sector and others as ENVIS centre. The project aims to focus at different subject areas, themes, local conditions, issues, information related to the environment through introduction of modern means of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The Ministry has started this project under the World Bank assisted Environmental Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project since January 2002.

The World Bank Project though has concluded but the Government of India has extended financial support. The State Government is desirous of using the facility to meet the objectives envisaged in the project.

The ENVIS Node at the Department of Forest & Environment, Govt. of Jharkhand has been setup with the subject area of State Environment Issues.
The activities of the centre include:
Establishing linkages with users/organisations
Create and maintain databank on Environment Forests, Wildlife and Biodiversity.
Launching of website in the subject area allotted with regional language interface and develop linkages with ENVIS centres
Information on queries to Departments, Organisations, Scientific Institutions etc.,
Building up inventory of information material
Supply information to the ENVIS Programme
Identify data gaps and knowledge gaps in the subject area and take action to fill the gaps
Collect reports & journals in the subject area for requisite database

For more information visit http://envis.nic.in/