The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) came into existence as a plan programme of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 1983. The ENVIS scheme which was previously under the umbrella scheme ‘Decision Support System for Environmental Awareness, Policy, Planning and Outcome Evaluation’ has been subsumed within the revamped scheme of Environment Education, Awareness, research and Skill development (EEARSD). The programme corresponding to the erstwhile sub scheme ENVIS is Environmental information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood programme (EIACP) which is one of the components of EEARSD.