To provide an overview of economic policies impacting Indian economy in the overall context of national economic development and globalization and to examine the role of Economics in the governance and administration in India with specific reference to selected Programmes/ Schemes in a welfare state.
Environment and Ecology, Environmental Components and Biospehere, Environmental Governance: Stockholm (1972) to the present.
Environment Problems, Environmental Pollution: Causes and factors. Natural Resource Management, Environmental Management in India- Constitutional provisions Relating to Environmental Planning and Environment Protection - National Environment Policy.
Policies related to Water, Energy and Natural Resources; Environmental Audit; Role of Citizen and Participatory Management. National, State and District Institutional Arrangements with special reference to Green Administrative Tribunal.
Environmental Policies and Their Implementation -Forestry Sector, Wild Life and Pollution. with special emphasis on Forest Conservation Act,1980, Challenges and Issues -Solid waste and its Management, Air Pollution, Air Quality Management, The Problems of Large Multipurpose Projects and Hazardous Substances, Urban Development
Climate Change -National Plan for Climate Change; IPCC and recent Developments International Climate Agreements, Global and local Environmental issues, National Environmental Laws and Acts National and International Best Practices
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