Draft NEP 2004: A Flawed Vision

dc.contributor.authorLele, Sharachchandraen_US
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Ajiten_US
dc.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:58:56Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:58:56Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.date.submitted2005-07-25en_US
dc.date.submitted2005-07-25en_US
dc.description.abstract"The draft National Environment Policy released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India represents the first-ever attempt to draft a policy for the environment as a whole. The document endorses a broad set of concerns, including intra-generational and inter-generational equity, identifies the major environmental problems that India faces, and outlines their proximate and ultimate causes. In addressing these problems, it proposes to follow several principles such as the precautionary principle, polluter pays, incomparable values, public trust, decentralisation, and integration. It then tries to outline specific strategies and actions that should be given priority in each sector. We argue, however, that the draft is fundamentally flawed in its vision and its analysis of socio-environmental problems. Consequently, instead of mainstreaming environmental concerns into all development activities and sectors (its stated goal), it mainstreams the current notion of unbridled development into even the limited environmental regulation in the country."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalSEMINARen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthMarchen_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume547en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3249
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental policyen_US
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectNational Environmental Policyen_US
dc.subjecteconomic developmenten_US
dc.subject.sectorGeneral & Multiple Resourcesen_US
dc.submitter.emailslele@isec.ac.inen_US
dc.titleDraft NEP 2004: A Flawed Visionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.methodologyCommentaryen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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