The Environmental Issues in India

Authors

  • Dr. Sheela Shridhar  Assistant Professor, Govt. D B Girls PG Autonomous College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Keywords:

The Environment, Perception, India, Democracy

Abstract

Environmental issue has risen in the last few years and affecting many sectors. More fundamentally, it influences the development of the economy and also the future of social life. Scholar’s debate focuses on the macro level such as the effect of democracy or any political regime on environmental degradation and also the relations of corruption, democracy, and environmental degradation. The micro level such as people perception on the environment in the worldwide also become subject of discussion. What about India? Since the Reformation era, Indian people have expressed their thought on social, political and religious issues but rarely on environmental issues. This research is an exertion to dismantle the perception of the environment in India and it’s sociological implication by using data from World Values Survey wave 5.

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2023-11-24

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Volume 10, Issue 6, November-December-2023

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Dr. Sheela Shridhar "The Environmental Issues in India" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 10, Issue 6, pp.374-379, November-December-2023.