Varun Hari Prasad

Sustainable Development The surroundings and real situation around us are termed as environment. As a social being we are affected by the social environment, as an economic being, we are concerned with economic environment and as healthy, energetic and efficient citizens we have to build healthy physical environment. It is an accepted fact that our proper and systematic growth can take place if there is congenial economic, social and physical environment. Since Independence, India has been striving to attain rapid economic growth but we have been facing issues like poverty, inequality, rising population, unemployment and rising prices. From the ‘Chipko’ Movement lead by Sunderlal Bahuguna to citizens of Bengaluru protesting against the construction of steel flyover, environmental issues have slowly but steadily gained importance and respectability. India’s environment faces a number of crucial challenges such as land degradation, biodiversity loss, air polluti...