India’s Efforts towards Environmental Sustainability

Abstract

Study of Environmental Sustainability with respect to India is become more important, because as per Environmental Performance Index -2018, India ranks 177 out of 180 countries. Here the, matter is not just for improvement in rank in performance index but of India, our present as well as coming generations. As India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world its rate of carbon emission is also higher in the world. This should be controlled to attain environmental sustainability through sustainable development.

Since independence, by formulating various policies and law the Govt. of India is taking many steps to attain this harder objective. Along with Govt. NGO, Social Activists and religious persons are also playing very important role. Here, the objective of this paper is to examine the effect of govt. policies and laws for achieving this goal.