This document summarizes an article on environmental protection laws in India. It discusses how environmental degradation has increased due to factors like population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. It then describes India's Environmental Protection Act of 1986, which aims to coordinate regulatory agencies, create authorities to protect the environment, regulate pollution discharge, and punish those who endanger the environment. Next, it lists some of the major environmental challenges India faces, such as water pollution, air pollution, deforestation, and land degradation. It concludes by outlining some key aspects of the Environmental Protection Act, including its objectives and powers granted to the central government to protect the environment.
Clean environment is a necessity in today's world to protect ourselves and the planet from any catastrophe.India being a developing nation has to be more cautious.
Conserving biodiversity a case study on Uttara Kannada, India.Arghyadeep Saha
Conserving biodiversity a case study on Uttara Kannada, India.
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Clean environment is a necessity in today's world to protect ourselves and the planet from any catastrophe.India being a developing nation has to be more cautious.
Conserving biodiversity a case study on Uttara Kannada, India.Arghyadeep Saha
Conserving biodiversity a case study on Uttara Kannada, India.
Conserving biodiversity a case study on uttara kan ,conserving biodiversity ,case study ,uttara kannada ,india. ,conservation ,resources ,natural gas ,natural resources ,biodiversity
Presentation made to the public representatives (TRS Party - CM, Ministers, Parliamentarians and MLCs) of Telangana state on 2nd May 2015 at Nagarjuna Saggar
Environment means the surroundings or conditions of life, may be social, political, economic, cultural, natural etc.
Natural resources are used with other man made resources in order to produce goods in agriculture, industry or other spheres of economic activity.
The debate of development Vs environment. The birth and growth of the concept of Sustainable Development with special emphasis on and examples from India
Environment studies Unit-I for B.Com, BBA, BA, B,Sc - I year, B.TechBalasri Kamarapu
Environment, EVS, Non-Renewable resources, Renewable resources, ECOSYSTEM, living/biotic component, ‘keystone’ species., PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS AND DECOMPOSERS, FOOD CHAINS, FOOD WEBS AND ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, ENERGY FLOW IN THE ECOSYSTEM, Water cycle, Carbon cycle, Oxygen cycle, Nitrogen cycle and Energy cycle, Biodiversity, HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, Ex-situ conservation, RAINWATER HARVESTING, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, Causes, Effects & Control measures of Air Pollution, Solid Waste Management, Incineration, Vermi – Composting, Global warming, Ozone layer depletion, DISASTER MANAGEMENT: FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, CYCLONES, THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, FOREST CONSERVATION ACT, THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, Women and Child Welfare.
the delicate topic of Sustainable Development through a
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Consumer protection act 1986 - Legal Environment of Business - Business Law ...manumelwin
The consumer protection Act was enacted in 1986 to provide better protection to the interests of the consumers.
The primary object of the Act is the establishment of Consumer Councils and other authorities for the settlement of Consumer disputes.
Environment means the surroundings or conditions of life, may be social, political, economic, cultural, natural etc.
Natural resources are used with other man made resources in order to produce goods in agriculture, industry or other spheres of economic activity.
The debate of development Vs environment. The birth and growth of the concept of Sustainable Development with special emphasis on and examples from India
Environment studies Unit-I for B.Com, BBA, BA, B,Sc - I year, B.TechBalasri Kamarapu
Environment, EVS, Non-Renewable resources, Renewable resources, ECOSYSTEM, living/biotic component, ‘keystone’ species., PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS AND DECOMPOSERS, FOOD CHAINS, FOOD WEBS AND ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, ENERGY FLOW IN THE ECOSYSTEM, Water cycle, Carbon cycle, Oxygen cycle, Nitrogen cycle and Energy cycle, Biodiversity, HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, Ex-situ conservation, RAINWATER HARVESTING, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, Causes, Effects & Control measures of Air Pollution, Solid Waste Management, Incineration, Vermi – Composting, Global warming, Ozone layer depletion, DISASTER MANAGEMENT: FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, CYCLONES, THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, FOREST CONSERVATION ACT, THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, Women and Child Welfare.
the delicate topic of Sustainable Development through a
book which I have co-authored and give to the audience also a perspective on
how Education can sensitively provide support for this framework.
I will participate in my role of affiliate professor of management and behavior
for Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France ( www.ggsb.com)
by mark esposito (m.esposito@ht.umass.edu)
Consumer protection act 1986 - Legal Environment of Business - Business Law ...manumelwin
The consumer protection Act was enacted in 1986 to provide better protection to the interests of the consumers.
The primary object of the Act is the establishment of Consumer Councils and other authorities for the settlement of Consumer disputes.
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By spelling out the rights and remedies of the consumers in a market so far dominated by organized manufacturers and traders of goods and providers of various types of services, the Act makes buyer beware a thing of the past.
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Environmental and Ecological Conflicts of India: A Reviewijtsrd
The term Ecological Distribution Conflicts (EDCs) was coined by Martinez Alier and Martin O Connor in 1996 to describe social conflicts born from the unfair access to natural resources and the unjust burdens of pollution. Environmental benefits and costs are distributed in a way that causes conflicts. Conflict on nature which harms the biological environment has increased in frequency and intensity of India. This manifest themselves as political, social, economic, ethnic, religious or territorial conflicts or conflicts over resources or natural interests or any other type of conflict. They are traditional conflicts induced by an environmental degradation. The paper focus on how environmental conflict challenges on the contemporary environmental issue. This paper aim to rethink ecosystem conservation perspective and can draw special attention to have our capacity building on ecological system sustainable. Mohon Rongphar"Environmental and Ecological Conflicts of India: A Review" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd11515.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/political-science/11515/environmental-and-ecological-conflicts-of-india-a-review/mohon-rongphar
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This presentation covers the sustainable water resources in India. It also covers the concepts of sustainablity, government policies and the role of the society in promoting water sustainability.
Management of natural resources refers to the plan of action related to renewable and non renewable resources. Natural resources like land, soil, water, plants and animals are affected by global warming, overpopulation, industrial expansion and other related reasons. Following are the reasons why the management of natural resources is important 1. To maintain a balance in the ecosystem.2. To avoid further destruction of the environment.3. To avoid over consumption of natural resources.Following are the 3 Rs of waste management 1. Reduce2. Reuse1. Recycle Dr. Sonal G. Bairagi "Natural Resource Management (NRM)" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd51827.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/management-development/51827/natural-resource-management-nrm/dr-sonal-g-bairagi
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A Study on the Factors Influence Women Entrepreneurs in Tiruchirappalli DistrictArul Edison
The main objective of project is study factors influencing women entrepreneurs in Tiruchirappalli district, analyzing the socio economic cultural factors, government policy factors, family status factors, personal characteristic factors, financial factors, motivational factors, market and network factors. In this study researcher tried to identify the factors influencing women entrepreneurs, so that areas of improvement can be identified and necessary steps can be given for implementation. The research design adopted in this study comes under descriptive design. A descriptive study is undertaken in order to ascertain and be able to describe the characteristics of factors influencing women entrepreneurs in Trichy district. The sampling method used for this study is simple random sampling. In this study the researcher has adopted, independent sample t-test, multivariate analysis, correlation, regression, factor analysis comes under the data analysis. The study provides a comprehensive review of the 26 critical factors influencing the growth of women entrepreneurs particularly in Trichy as the factors are derived from the global literature on women entrepreneurship. These would aid in better positioning the significance of these critical factors towards the success of the entrepreneurs in Trichy and in general.
Safely keeping up log records over developed times of time is imperative to the fitting working of any association Honesty of the log documents and that of the logging methodology need to be guaranteed at all times. Moreover, as log records regularly contain touchy data, secrecy and security of log records will be similarly imperative. Be that as it may, conveying a protected logging base includes considerable capital costs that numerous associations may discover overpowering. Assigning log administration to the cloud seems to be a suitable cost sparing measure. In this paper, we distinguish the difficulties for a protected cloud-based log administration benefit and propose a system for doing likewise.
A Study on Quality of Work Life in Kiran Global Chems Private Limited at Kara...Arul Edison
In modern era, it has been observed that stress management has become the generous concepts in the skilled surroundings. It is also seen that working proficiency has degraded to some extent as professionals are unable to maintain a balance between lifestyle and career. This difference has made organizations to formulate such policies that lead to better job security, which results in job involvement moreover employee satisfaction. This degree of satisfaction has been referred to as QUALITY OF WORK LIFE. Quality of work life is a process in an organization that enables the members at all levels to contribute aggressively and successfully in shaping organizational environment, methods and outcomes. This study focuses on the subjective matter of QWL i.e. the key elements like salary/wages, job security, job involvement, employee satisfaction etc.
A Study on Job Satisfaction with special reference to Safeway Dredging Enterp...Arul Edison
Now a days job satisfaction play a vital role on employee retention and attrition. Due to the inconvenient in workplace many employees are switchover into one company to other company, it leads to huge loss for the particular organization. Till the date many organizations introduce and moderate activities to retain their employees in same organization. The present study is to find out the level of employee job satisfaction in Safeway Dredging Enterprises. For this research work researcher adopt convenient sampling method to collect the data. A total of 100 employees were administered job satisfaction scales. Chi – square analysis were used for data analysis. The chi – square analysis test for independence at 0.05 level of significance shows that there is significantly significant association between experience wise classifications with their overall job satisfaction in the organization. On the basis of these findings, found that the huge experienced employees from the organization was getting satisfaction on their job.
Working Father and their perceived Work – Life Balance with special reference...Arul Edison
Due to the continuous work load pressure leads to increase the employee stress factors. The continuous increase of employee stress levels affects their health physically, mentally and psychologically. The impact of the job stress is not balancing the employee work – life. On behalf of! The stress most of the employees are consuming the alcoholic beverage to overcome the stress. By comparing life as a cycle, one wheel is a work and another wheel is a family life. Both the wheel should run parallel. If load increases on one side, then the life becomes unbalanced. The purpose of this study is to explore employees “use of tactics to manage their work and life stress; particularly the executive level employees” use of resources and social support as well as their perceptions of flexibility. For this research work researcher adopt Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling method to collect the data. A total of 184 executive level employees in Hyundai Motors India Limited were administered work life balancing scales. Chi – square analysis and multiple regression were used for data analysis. The chi – square analysis test for independence at 0.05 level of significance shows that there is no statistically significant association between experiences with their feeling about balancing work life. The result of regression analysis indicated that there is no statistically significant difference between participants opinion towards the initiative action taken by the organization to manage their employee work life balance. On the basis of these findings, found that the participants are says that they are balancing their career and life style with the support of family members.
Study the Consumer (Karaikal Bus Owners) Behaviour and Satisfaction towards K...Arul Edison
Today’s consumer expect a different types of product and they get faster answers to question and get feedback or gathering information to make purchase decision with the heavy competition to satisfy the consumer is the major criteria for every company. In reaching satisfaction, companies generally ask whether their product or service has met or exceeded expectations. Get satisfaction starts with the simple, affordable price, quality, quantity and access.
Basic Features, Opportunities and Benefits of GST Implementation in IndiaArul Edison
The Goods and Services tax (GST) is an indirect tax. It is levied at every stage of the production and distribution of products. It is actually changes on the final consumption of the products. It includes excise duty, custom duty; Services tax and Value add tax (VAT). The GST is a VAT to be implemented in India. The decision on which is not yet declared by Government and the framing of rules are under process. Several countries implemented this tax system followed by France, the first country introduced GST. Goods and service tax is a new story of VAT which gives a widespread setoff for input tax credit and subsuming many indirect taxes from state and national level. Presently around 140 countries have adopted the GST pattern, including India. The GST would be beneficial for the consumers as it reduces the final burden of taxation. Therefore, the researchers have discussed the possible salient features, opportunities and benefits of GST implemented.
Make in India – Service Sector towards Retail MarketingArul Edison
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and has emerged as key destination for foreign investors in recent years. The major sectors in India are Automobile, chemicals, IT, textiles, pharmaceuticals, ports, aviation, leather, tourism and hospitality, wellness, railways, mining, auto components, design manufacturing, renewable energy, bio- technology, and electronics, most of the sector needs retailer to market those products in to the market. The new government policies are simple, transparent, and promote domestic and foreign investment. India’s abundant and diversified natural resources, its sound economic policy with high skilled human resources and make proper destination for market condition.
New Dimension of Corporation Transportation ClimateArul Edison
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Youth Unemployment in India - Present ScenarioArul Edison
Young Indians face major barriers because of poverty and low levels of human capital. Though educational attainment has risen quickly in recent years, gaining a foothold in the labour market remains elusive for many young Indians. In rural and urban areas, young males are usually employed in casual jobs, while their female counterparts tend to be self-employed. Although a large proportion of young rural women are employed in agriculture, rural males are increasingly turning to the non-farm sector. In comparison, young urban males are largely working in the services sector. This paper highlights youth unemployment in India - present scenario.
The Hospitality industry is one of the largest service industries in India. Despite seeing the least hotel occupancy in the past two years, this sector will promise robust growth over time with new travel concepts and innovative hotel projects. The growth of the Indian hotel market is based on the rising domestic and foreign tourism.
Approximately 300 hotels will come up in India over the next three years, constituting about 17% of Asis’s hotel constructions pipeline. India has the second largest number of hotels (292) under construction after Chine (592). The hotel projects under construction include projects from companies such as Four Seasons, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotel Corp., and Indian Hotels.
The lower place India has as a destination for business investments in India, necessitated overhaul of the existing systems. Make in India campaign, also warranted reforms to make industry structures flexible and employees more productive. While industry associations demand removal of restriction on hiring and firing, reduction of pressures on compensation, bonus and social security, and continuity in operations without strike, union leaders are demanding protection to contract labour, continuation of social security benefits and payment of bonus and freedom to oppose erring employers. Besides central government, state governments like Rajasthan and Maharashtra have announced a slew of reforms in relation to Factories act, Contract Labour act and Industrial disputes act. The approach of the governments is termed by political parties and labour unions anti-labour. There is a demand to involve stakeholders in the process of reforms.
Make in India can be a path breaking campaign provided it is grounded by right policy measures and innovation ecosystem. Technology has a pivotal role in this and the efforts of the nation in promoting technological innovations have so far yielded limited success. Technology transfer requires easing FDI limits and other fiscal incentives. However, the past experience of technology transfers in military indicated failure to deliver by foreign partners. Liberalization as well as stringent conditions is hence important to make technology transfer through collaborations. Indian government has announced some fiscal incentives and welcomed collaborations. In the light of this, the need for developing competences for technology absorption has gained attention. The paper presents technology transfer and absorption issues for the success of Make in India.
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
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Environmental Protection Law – An Act to Improve the Quality of Environment
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Environmental Protection Law – An Act to Improve the Quality
of Environment
K. Anuradha 1
, M.Vijayalakshmi 2
ABSTRACT: Environmental degradation in India has been caused by a variety of social,
economic, institutional and technological factors. Rapidly growing population, urbanization
and industrial activities have all resulted in considerable deterioration in the quality and
sustainability of the environment. Environmental ethics have also formed an inherent part of
Indian religious precepts and philosophy. Environmental protection is a practice of
protecting the natural environment on individual, organizational or governmental levels, for
the benefit of both the natural environment and humans. The Objectives of study is to
understand the basic principles of the Act such as To co-ordinate the activities of the
various regulatory agencies already in existence, Creation of an authority or authorities with
adequate powers for environmental protection, Regulation of discharge of environmental
pollutants and handling of hazardous substance, Speedy response in the event of accidents
threatening environmental and deterrents punishment to those who endanger human
environment, safety and health. Acts are enforced in the country, but their implement is not so
easy. The reason is their implementation needs great resources, technical expertise, political
and social will. Again the people are to be made aware of these rules.
KEYWORD: Environment, Environment protection, Ethics of Environment
It is interesting to note that natural resources had been stored virtually untouched in
the Earth for millions of years. But since the start of the industrial revolution vast amounts of
these resources had been exploited within a period of just a couple of hundreds of years at
unimaginable rates, with all the waste from this exploitation going straight in the environment
(air, water, land) and seriously damaging its natural processes. Although pollution had been
known to exist for a very long time (at least since people started using fire thousands of years
ago), it had seen the growth of truly global proportions only since the onset of the industrial
revolution during the 19th century. Environmental degradation in India has been caused by a
variety of social, economic, institutional and technological factors. Rapidly growing
population, urbanization and industrial activities have all resulted in considerable
deterioration in the quality and sustainability of the environment. Environmental ethics have
also formed an inherent part of Indian religious precepts and philosophy. Worship of nature -
Sun, Moon, Earth, Air and Water - was not merely a primitive man's response to the fear of
the unknown, but it arose from the deep reverence shown to the forces of nature which
sustained and preserved human life on earth. The basic tenet that underlies this deep
reverence for nature is the belief that life is a singular, continuous and uniform phenomenon
and even a small change in one part of the eco-system is likely to reverberate throughout.
India and Environment
Due to uncontrolled dumping of chemical and industrial waste, fertilizers and
pesticides, 70% of the surface water in India is polluted. The nation has 1,260 cu km of
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Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce and Management Studies.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce and Management Studies.
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renewable water resources, of which 92% is used for farming. Safe drinking water is
available to 95% of urban and 79% of rural dwellers. Air pollution is most severe in urban
centers, but even in rural areas, the burning of wood, charcoal, and dung for fuel, coupled
with dust from wind erosion during the dry season, poses a significant problem. Industrial air
pollution threatens some of India's architectural treasures, including the Taj Mahal in Agra,
part of the exterior of which has been dulled and pitted by airborne acids. In what was
probably the worst industrial disaster of all time, a noxious gas leak from a Union
Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, killed more than 1,500
people and injured tens of thousands of others in December 1985. In 1992 India had the
world's sixth-highest level of industrial carbon dioxide emissions, which totaled 769 million
metric tons, a per capita level of 0.88 metric tons.
India ranks 155th out of 178 countries in its efforts to address environmental
challenges, according to the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). India performs
the worst among other emerging economies including, China, which ranks 118th, Brazil, at
77th, Russia, at 73rd, and South Africa at 72nd. A bottom performer on nearly every policy
issue included in the 2014 EPI, with the exception of forests, fisheries, and water resources,
India’s performance lags most notably in the protection of human health from environmental
harm. In particular, India’s air quality is among the worst in the world, tying China in terms
of the proportion of the population exposed to average air pollution levels exceeding World
Health.
Environmental Challenges
We are facing various environmental challenges. It is essential to get the country
acquainted with these challenges so that their acts may be eco-friendly. Some of these
challenges are as under:
1. Growing Population:
A population of over thousands of millions is growing at 2.11 per cent every year. It
puts considerable pressure on its natural resources and reduces the gains of development.
Hence, the greatest challenge before us is to limit the population growth. Although
population control does automatically lead to development, yet the development leads to a
decrease in population growth rates.
2. Poverty:
India has often been described a rich land with poor people. The poverty and
environmental degradation have a nexus between them. The vast majority of our people are
directly dependent on the nature resources of the country for their basic needs of food, fuel
shelter and fodder. About 40% of our people are still below the poverty line. Environment
degradation has adversely affected the poor who depend upon the resources of their
immediate surroundings. Thus, the challenge of poverty and the challenge environment
degradation are two facts of the same challenge. The population growth is essentially a
function of poverty. Because, to the very poor, every child is an earner and helper and global
concerns have little relevance for him.
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3. Agricultural Growth:
The people must be acquainted with the methods to sustain and increase agricultural
growth with damaging the environment. High yielding varieties have caused soil salinity and
damage to physical structure of soil.
4. Need to Ground Water:
It is essential of rationalizing the use of groundwater. Factors like community wastes,
industrial effluents and chemical fertilizers and pesticides have polluted our surface water and
affected quality of the groundwater. It is essential to restore the water quality of our rivers
and other water body as lakes is an important challenge. It so finding our suitable strategies
for consecration of water, provision of safe drinking water and keeping water bodies clean
which are difficult challenges is essential.
5. Development and Forests:
Forests serve catchments for the rivers. With increasing demand of water, plan to
harness the mighty river through large irrigation projects were made. Certainly, these would
submerge forests; displace local people, damage flora and fauna.As such, the dams on the
river Narmada, Bhagirathi and elsewhere have become areas of political and scientific debate.
Forests in India have been shrinking for several centuries owing to pressures of agriculture
and other uses. Vast areas that were once green, stand today as wastelands.
6. Degradation of Land:
At present out of the total 329 mha of land, only 266 mha possess any potential for
production. Of this, 143 mha is agricultural land nearly and 85 suffer from varying degrees of
soil degradation. Of the remaining 123 mha, 40 are completely unproductive. The remaining
83 mha is classified as forest land, of which over half is denuded to various degrees. Nearly
406 million head of livestock have to be supported on 13 mha, or less than 4 per cent of the
land classified as pasture land, most of which is overgrazed. Thus, our of 226 mha, about 175
mha or 66 per cent is degraded to varying degrees. Water and wind erosion causes further
degradation of almost 150 mha.
7. Reorientation of Institutions:
The people should be roused to orient institutions, attitudes and infrastructures, to suit
conditions and needs today. The change has to be brought in keeping in view India’s
traditions for resources use managements and education etc. Change should be brought in
education, in attitudes, in administrative procedures and in institutions. Because it affects way
people view technology resources and development.
8. Reduction of Genetic Diversity:
At present most wild genetic stocks have been disappearing from nature. Wilding
including the Asiatic Lion are facing problem of loss of genetic diversity. The protected areas
network like sanctuaries, national parks, biosphere reserves are isolating populations. So,
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they are decreasing changes of one group breeding with another. Remedial steps are to be
taken to check decreasing genetic diversity.
9. Evil Consequences of Urbanization:
Nearly 27 per cent Indians live in urban areas. Urbanization and industrialization has
given birth to a great number of environmental problems that need urgent attention. Over 30
per cent of urban Indians live in slums. Out of India’s 3,245 towns and cities, only 21 have
partial or full sewerage and treatment facilities. Hence, coping with rapid urbanization is a
major challenge.
10. Air and Water Population:
Majority of our industrial plants are using out-dated and population technologies and
makeshift facilities devoid of any provision of treating their wastes. A great number of cities
and industrial areas that have been identified as the worst in terms of air and water pollution.
Some of the Environmental Issues that Need Fixing
Here are several cause-and-effect problems that harm our environment:
Oil Drilling- This issue is one that causes a great deal of environmental destruction.
Our dependence on fossil fuel is a global addiction that affects every aspect of the
world. Oil spills and offshore drilling poison marine life, oil drilling (on land)
suffocates the earth, and the combustion of fossil fuels add to the increased
atmospheric CO₂, which in turns causes the progression of global warming and ocean
acidification. This is a multifaceted issue and is a good cause to get involved with
because it covers such a broad spectrum of issues.
Deforestation- Millions of acres of forest are cut down for industrial benefit, such as
large scale farming, oil mining, and the production of paper goods. Deforestation
causes wildlife and biodiversity extinction. The International Union for Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) has a Red List of environmentally threatened species with up-to-
date information. Oftentimes, the cause for their threatened existence is listed as loss
of habitat as it is for many Amazonian species.
Production of Plastic Goods- Currently our society creates a great deal of waste and
much of that waste is comprised of plastic. According to the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in 2010 alone 31 million tons of plastic waste was created.
This waste ends up all over the globe in both land and water, a good example is the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Not only is plastic waste an issue, but the production of
plastic is also dependent on fossil fuel combustion. According to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) in 2010 191 million barrels of liquid petroleum
gases (LPG) and natural gas liquids (NGL) were used in the U.S. alone to produce
plastic goods.
Environmental Protection
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on
individual, organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of both the natural
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environment and humans. This Act was enacted in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy
in 1984 claiming more than 3000 lives. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of this Act
refers to the decisions taken at the Stockholm Conference in June 1972 and expresses concern
about the decline in environmental quality, increasing pollution, loss of vegetal cover and
biological diversity, excessive concentrations of harmful chemicals in the ambient
atmosphere, growing risks of environmental accidents and threats of life system. The Act is
an “umbrella” legislation designed to provide a framework for central government
coordination of the activities of various central and state authorities established under
previous laws, such as the Water Act and the Air Act.
According to Section 2(a) of the Environmental Protection Act, 1986,
‘Environment’ includes; a) Water, air and land, and b) The inter-relationship which exists
among and between, i) water, air, land, and ii) human beings, other living creatures, plants,
microorganisms and property. It defines hazardous substance as ‘any substance or preparation
which, by reasons of its chemical or physiochemical properties or handling, is liable to cause
harm to human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism, property or the
environment’.
Objectives of the Act
To co-ordinate the activities of the various regulatory agencies already in existence.
Creation of an authority or authorities with adequate powers for environmental
protection.
Regulation of discharge of environmental pollutants and handling of hazardous
substance.
Speedy response in the event of accidents threatening environmental and deterrents
punishment to those who endanger human environment, safety and health.
List of Environmental Related Laws in India
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1975
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Rules, 1978
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1982
The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989
Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
The Forest (Conservation) Rules, 1981
The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
The Wildlife (Transactions and Taxidermy) Rules, 1973
The Wildlife (Stock Declaration) Central Rules, 1973
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The Wildlife (Protection) Licensing (Additional Matters for Consideration) Rules,
1983
The Wildlife (Protection) Rules, 1995
The Wildlife (Specified Plants - Conditions for Possession by Licensee) Rules, 1995
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995
Highlights of the Environment Protection Act (1986)
The act provides general powers to the Central Government to take all necessary
measures for the purpose of:
(A)Protecting and improving the quality of the environment and
(B) Preventing, controlling and abating environmental pollution.
Besides, other powers the Central Government shall have process for:
(ii) Planning and execution of a nationwide programme for the prevention, control and
abatement of environmental pollution.
(iii)Laying down standards for the quality of environment in its various aspects.
(iv)Laying down standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants from
various sources whatsoever.
(v) Restriction of areas in which industry, operations or processes shall not be carried out
subject to contain safeguards.
(vi)Laying down procedures and safeguards for prevention of accidents, which may cause
environmental pollution.
(vii) Laying down procedures for handling of hazardous substances.
(viii) Examination of such manufacturing processes materials and substances as are
likely to cause environmental pollution.
(ix)Carrying out and sponsoring investigations and research relating to problems of
environ-mental pollution.
(x) Collection and dissemination of information on environmental pollution and
(xi)Preparation of manuals, codes or guides, relating to the prevention, control and
abatement of environmental pollution.
Powers Provided by the Act to Central Government
To make rules to regulate environmental pollution; To notify standards and maximum
limits of pollutants of air, water, and soil for various areas and purposes; Prohibition and
restriction on the handling of hazardous substances, and location of industries (Sections 3-
6).Under Sec (3): may constitute authority or authorities for the purpose of exercising of
performing such of the powers and functions; Under Sec (4): may appoint a person for
inspection; Under Sec (5): may issue directions in writing to any officers or any authority to
comply; Under Sec (6): it empower the government to make rules to achieve the object of the
Act. Under Sec (7): persons carrying on industry, operation etc. not to allow emission or
discharge of environmental pollutants in excess of the standards; Under Sec (8): persons
handling hazardous substances must comply with procedural safeguards.
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Penalty
Whoever Person found to be the cause of pollution, may be liable for punishment for
a term which may extend to five years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or
both (Sec 15, 16, 17). If not comply fine of Rs. 5000 per day extra, still if not comply for
more than one year, then imprisonment may extend up to 7 years.
Section 17 specifies that Head of the department/ incharge of small unit may be liable
for punishment if the owner /occupier produce enough evidence of innocence. The state govt.
have power to close or cancel or deny the authorization to run the factory/institution/hospital
whichever is causing pollution.
Conclusion
Acts are enforced in the country, but their implement is not so easy. The reason is
their implementation needs great resources, technical expertise, political and social will.
Again the people are to be made aware of these rules. Their support is indispensable to
implement these rules. We can protect our environment in many ways. Some of the
suggestions are instead of driving to work or school, take the bus, carpool, walk, or ride your
bike to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. According to the EPA transportation adds to
33% of the total atmospheric CO₂. Consider investing in appropriate technology like clean
power (solar or wind), if not for your home maybe for a community center. This will also
help wean ourselves off fossil fuels. Buy reusable products such as glass bottles, reusable
bags and cups etc. Avoid buying paper towels, plastic bottles and bags. Start composting and
recycling, which will help cut down our waste production. Support local businesses and
farmers by only buying organic food at farmers markets. Make sure the food is pesticide free.
This will help your community become self-reliant.
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