Abstract

The growing pollution levels in India form the subject matter of this caselet. The threatening pollution levels in the urban areas and the reasons for the inability to control pollution in the country are discussed. The caselet also examines the measures being taken by the Indian government to counter the growing pollution levels.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Is India acting as the bane of the world where global environmental pollution is concerned?
• Urbanization and increasing pollution levels
• Reasons for inability to control pollution in India
• and Are the measures taken by the central and the state governments of India sufficient to curb the release of pollutants

Keywords

Global warming, Air and water pollution, environmental pollution, Pollution levels, emission of pollutants, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Supreme Court of India, waste management