Citizenship

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This booklet is part of a Series of 6 Booklets on
Environmental Sustainability with a special focus
on Climate Change. Each booklet aims to motivate
individuals to take action to mitigate global warming
by providing basic information in an easy to
understand manner.
Citizenship
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 Citizenship and I

All our actions have led to Climate

Change. We need to rethink our role as
citizens and we need to redefine
citizenship.

“The government is us; we are the

government, you and I.”
Theodore Roosevelt (former President, USA)

“We all have an obligation as citizens

of this earth to leave the world a
healthier, cleaner, and better place for
our children and future generations.”
Blythe Danner (actress, environmentalist)

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 What I get as a citizen...

Identity

Air, water Resources

and food

Healthcare Livelihood

Rights &
legal protection
DID YOU

KNOW...
Our impact upon the Planet has more than
tripled since 1961. Human consumption
now exceeds the Earth’s ability to
regenerate itself by 25%.

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 ...my failures as ONE

Environmental
destruction

Ignorance Apathy

Consumerism Population
explosion

Inequity
DID YOU

KNOW...
“The future depends on what we do in the
present.”
Mahatma Gandhi

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 WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?

We are all citizens of planet Earth. The state

of the Earth reflects how well we have
played our role as citizens. If the Earth today
is in a bad shape - well, who is to blame
except us - each one of us. Citizenship is
about an attitude of caring and of working
actively towards the betterment of society,
our country and the Earth, which fulfills all
our needs.

As Swami Vivekananda puts it “We are

responsible for what we are. Whatever we
wish to be in the future can be produced by
our present actions; so we have to know how
to act.”

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EACH ONE OF US IS
AFFECTED…

EACH ONE IS
RESPONSIBLE…

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 Ten worst issues
affecting us...
Population: World
population touched
6.6 billion in 2007.
Although India
occupies only 2.4%
of the world’s land
area, it supports
over 17.5% of the
world’s population.

ONE in every
six people on earth
lives in India. T
FAC

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Poverty: Poverty is the
state of a majority of
the world’s people and
nations. One billion
children in the world
live in poverty. India
has the world’s largest
number of poor people
in a single country. Of
its nearly 1 billion
inhabitants, about
350-400 million are
below the poverty line,
with 75% of them in
the rural areas.

ONE in every three

malnourished
children in the world C T
lives in India. FA

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Environmental Destruction: Pollution,
global warming, climate change,
biodiversity loss are all manifestations of
unsustainable development. A study
published in 2007, in the journal Human
Ecology, reveals that 62 million deaths per
year could be attributed to environmental
factors.

ONE million people die in

India each year from air and
water pollution.
C T
In ONE year, India loses FA
250 tigers.

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 Lack of Education:
Nearly a billion
people in the world
entered the 21st
century unable to
read a book or sign
their names.

According to The
Annual Status of
Education Report
(ASER) 2006, 51.9%
of children in the age
group of 6-14 cannot
read Standard II level material – this means
98 million children need remedial help in
language in India.

In India, ONE in every 4

students does not go FAC
beyond class V. By class T
VIII the dropout rate gets
worse at 50.8%.

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 Health-Related
Issues: We are
greatly affected by
the environment we
live in. Our home,
office, outdoor and
transportation
environments pose
risks to health in a
number of different
ways, from the poor quality of the air we
breathe, to the spread of virulent diseases, to
the hazards caused by climate change.
Worldwide one billion people lack access to
healthcare systems. Over 9 million people
die worldwide each year because of hunger
and malnutrition.

ONE person dies of TB in C T

India every minute. FA

ONE out of 10 children in

India do not see their 5th
birthday.

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Corruption & Poor
Governance: In many
surveys India is
ranked as the fifth
most corrupt country
in the world. Corruption in India is all
pervasive.

Corruption hurts everyone, and it harms

the poor the most. It traps millions in
poverty and misery and breeds social,
economic and political unrest. It also
undermines democracy and the rule of law.

Good governance is about making

bureaucrats and politicians accountable,
fighting corruption, and involving people
in policy making decisions.

In ONE year, bribes

worth Rs. 21,068
crores are paid out
T
in India. FAC

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Lack of infrastructure: Infrastructure in
India needs to be improved. Roads, public
transport facilities, water and sewage
systems, agriculture-related facilities, tele-
communications and power all need to catch
up with the growing demands. The greatest
challenge for India is to work out
environmentally sustainable and viable
solutions for basic infrastructure.

Every year on an
average, 75,000 people
lose their lives in road
T accidents, and over
FAC 3,25,000 are injured.

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 Communalism /
R e l i g i o u s
Fundamentalism:
India is a country
known for its
tolerant past.
Hatred and violence are being propagated
because a few people are obsessed with
religious fundamentalism and
communalism. The preamble to the
Constitution of India signifies that India is a
secular state.

Human Rights and Justice

Issues: Human rights
include a variety of aspects,
from civil and political
rights, to socio-economic
rights. Freedom of speech
and human rights have deteriorated around
the world and in India, in recent years.

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Water and Development: Water is an
essential component of human existence.
Growing populations and the abuse and
pollution of water resources have changed
water from a life-giving, freely available
resource to one over which wars are fought.
Today, developed nations consume about
85% of the world’s water resources, while in
poorer nations water-borne diseases already
kill one child every eight seconds.

ONE-third of the world’s

population is living in either water- T
scarce, or water-short areas. FAC

ONE billion people have no access

to safe drinking water and over 2
billion lack basic sanitation.

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EACH ONE OF US CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

It takes just
ONE person.

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 M.C. Mehta
Winner of the Goldman Environment
Prize and the Magsaysay Award.

ONE man saved the Taj Mahal. It had turned

yellow and was being corroded by the
pollution from a total of 292 coal based
industries and foundries. He submitted
scientific reports to the Supreme Court
outlining steps to make the region around the
Taj, pollution free. In 1996, through a
Supreme Court order, the Taj was restored to
it's original beauty.
KNOW...
DID YOU

Mumbai now has less than 0.03 acre of

open space per 1,000 people. One of the
world’s worst ratios. The international
norm is 4 acres per 1,000 people. We are
540 times less than the norm.
Greater London has approximately 12 acres per
1,000 people and Singapore has approximately 6
acres per 1,000 people.

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 Gajanan Dudhalkar

Medha Patkar
Winner of the Right Livelihood Award
(Alternative Nobel Prize), the
Goldman Environment Prize, the
Green Ribbon Award for Best
International Political Campaigner by
BBC amongst others.

ONE woman mobilised thousands of

villagers to campaign against the Narmada
Valley Project that would displace them and
cause irreversible ecological damage. Today,
Medha’s name is synonymous with struggles
throughout the country. People approach her
to help oppose developmental projects that
are rendering lakhs landless and homeless.
She is trying to force a re-think of India’s
unsustainable development paradigms.
“Development for whom?” is the question
she always asks.

KNOW...
DID YOU

Women cultivate, plough and harvest more

than half of all the food in the world.

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 Dr. Almitra Patel
Winner of the Economic Times’
Achiever of the Year for Environment
award in Karnataka, the
Kempegowda Award-for Environment
and other awards.

ONE woman decided to clean up all the cities

in India. She submitted numerous reports to
the Supreme Court of India and was
instrumental in developing policies for better
waste management like separating hospital
waste and toxic waste. She is still helping to
formulate innovative remedies for India’s
waste.
DID YOU

KNOW...
Dr. Almitra Patel started on her ‘Waste
Mission’ by documenting the prevailing
waste practices in 86 cities across India
with her colleague Captain Velu. The sad
state of affairs in waste management led her
finally to file a Public Interest Litigation which
resulted in India’s first Municipal Solid Waste
(Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

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 Arvind Kejriwal
Magsaysay Award for Emergent
Leadership, one among the many other
awards that he has won.

ONE man decided that corruption must be

eradicated and that the workings of the
government should become transparent and
more accountable. He was instrumental in
instituting the Right to Information Act
(RTI) in 2005. Today, as citizens of India, we
can access all types of governmental data
and take action using this powerful act.
DID YOU

KNOW...
Right to Information gives you access to
all the information that you seek from the
Government. For example, you have the right to
ask why the road outside your house is not repaired
or if a particular building in your locality is legal or
why your ration card is not being renewed.

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 Sunita Narain
Director Centre for Science and
Environment, Padma Shri recipient
and The Stockholm Water Prize
amongst many other awards.

ONE woman decided that the air in Delhi had

to be cleaned up. Air pollution, mainly
caused by vehicular emissions, was killing
one person every hour in Delhi. With a
boldness, rare in India, she used the Anil
Agarwal Clear Air Model, 2002, developed
by the Centre for Science and Environment
(CSE) to achieve this mission. Her campaign
helped clean up the air in many cities across
India.
DID YOU

KNOW...
The Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model
developed by CSE is based on the simple
principle that emissions from a vehicle
depend on the type of technology, quality of fuel,
number of kilometres run everyday, and how the
engine deteriorates over time.

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 These inspiring stories are of
true citizens of this country.
They are people consumed
with a single passion and
thought: How to make the
world a better place.
Citizenship is about just that - making the
world and our country a better place to live
in.

A country is like a mirror - reflecting its

people.

“The best way to judge the progress of a

country is to look at the lives of its people -
whether they are educated, well fed, get
medical treatment, enjoy freedom of
expression and literary creation and whether
there is an opportunity of creativity. That is a
very different perspective from the super
power perspective. It is, to me, a much better
way.”
Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate and Economist

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 Check your
citizenship score card

YES NO

1 Do you cast your vote?

2 Have you met any of the following for
any local issue - your elected corporator,
MLA or MP?
3 Have you volunteered with any NGO or
supported any campaign?
4 Have you read about Climate Change and
Global Warming and understood the
implications of these?
5 Do you know what is the RTI Act? Do you
know how you can use it?
6 Do you know what work these individuals
have done: Rajinder Singh, Al Gore, Dr. R. K.
Pachauri?
7 Do you know where your water comes
from? Do you know what is Rainwater
Harvesting?
8 Do you have a bucket bath?

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YES NO

9 Have you ever written a letter to a

newspaper or a magazine about a
problematic civic issue in your area?
10 Have you celebrated any festival in an
eco-friendly manner?
11 Do you switch off the lights and fans and
your computer when not in use?
12 Do you use public transport?
13 Do you segregate your wet and dry waste
or take a cloth bag to the market?
14 Can you name a global environmental
problem that affects you directly?
15 Have you installed energy saving CFL
bulbs at home?

For every ' Yes' answer give yourself one mark and
then add up your score.

How did you fare:

10 - 15 You are a true citizen.
5-9 You can do much better.
1- 4 You failed the citizenship test.

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 HANDY TIPS

This section has simple and practical tips

to improve your citizenship score card.

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 8 SIMPLE STEPS TO BE
A BETTER CITIZEN

1. Wake up! Be an Informed Citizen

Becoming aware is the first great step
forward.
How can we become aware:
„ Media is a constant informer.
„ Learn about issues through the newspaper,
TV channels and the radio. Become aware
of your rights and your responsibilities.
„ Discuss issues with your friends,
neighbours and colleagues at work.
„ Attend talks and conferences.
„ Participate in neighbourhood and local
NGO events.

KNOW...
DID YOU

The world’s 5 greenest and most liveable

cities are Stockholm, Oslo, Munich, Paris
and Frankfurt. The 5 worst are Bangkok,
Guangzhou, Mumbai, Shanghai and Beijing.

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 2. Civic Sense
No one lives or works in isolation. We all
live in communities. We need to have basic
civic sense like not breaking traffic lights
and not littering the roads in order to live in
communities. We need to start caring for the
communities and neighbourhoods we live
and work in.

KNOW...
DID YOU

After the vehicular pollution case in

Mumbai, all 55,000 taxis in Mumbai
switched to CNG. Now 55 tonnes of
carbon monoxide are not being pumped into the
air anymore. Particulate matter has come down by
99% and sulphur dioxide that was 26 micrograms
per cubic metre (pre-2000) is now down to only
9 micrograms (in 2005).

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 3. Be a Vigilant Consumer
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
guarantees certain statutory rights to
consumers and is the cheapest remedy
available to aggrieved persons/consumers.
Proceedings grant relief to parties in the
quickest possible time. Consumers form a
strong voice that can change policies and
improve living conditions, if united. Lend
your voice to worthy causes.

KNOW...
DID YOU

Landmark scooter case: Many people

paid security deposits to companies to
book scooters. Delivery was promised
within a certain period but the demand outstripped
the supply. Tired of waiting, many consumers
cancelled their orders and asked for a refund of
their deposit. Despite numerous reminders, these
deposits were not returned. A public meeting was
organised, which was attended by more than 500
consumers. Cases were filed against LML, a
scooter manufacturing company and refunds of
more than 4,00,000 consumers were returned,
aggregating to about Rs. 40 crores.

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 4. Join Advanced Locality Management
(ALM) Groups
Participate in some community work. Solve
a problem in the neighbourhood by
collaborative efforts.

5. Community Service
Give of your time to the blind or to the old and
disabled. Encourage products made by them.

6. Start Voting
Show your preferences! This will help
political parties shape up and work for the
good of the common man.

KNOW...
DID YOU

On an average 58% to 60% of the

people in India vote.

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 7. Pressure Group to Influence Policies
Write in, discuss issues and help shape
governmental policies. “Social participation
is the key to a healthy democracy,” as stated
by Brazilian social entrepreneur Luciana
Martinelli. “It means voicing one’s opinions
and taking part in decision-making
processes, whether acting within a
neighborhood association or lobbying the
government for policy changes.”

KNOW...
DID YOU

A judge can act independently, take action and

pass orders on the basis of newspaper reports. In
1996, when the CSE data on Delhi air pollution
appeared in the media, the Supreme Court of India
issued a notice to the Delhi government. In response
the Delhi government tabled the first ever action plan
to combat air pollution. Writing articles or letters to
the press can prove to be effective agents of change.

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 8. Assert Your Rights
If there is any issue bothering you, take it up.
Start a campaign and
if that does not work,
file a Public Interest
Litigation (PIL), but
whatever the issue
may be, go about
finding solutions in a
lawful, legal manner.
DID YOU

KNOW...
If you have a grievance against any
governmental agency or its manner of
functioning or feel that governmental processes
need to be reformed, then you can write to The
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances. This department works to improve
government functioning and to make it more
citizen-friendly. Visit the following website
http://darpg.nic.in and voice your suggestions.

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 10 IMPORTANT STEPS
TO PLAN A CAMPAIGN

„ Identify the issue(s).

„ Outline your achievable goals and
objectives clearly.
„ Recruit supporters and volunteers: Look
for people in the locality/city/country
who are stakeholders in the issue.
„ Learn more and read about similar
campaigns.
„ Build a Coalition: Look for partners
amongst like-minded NGOs and groups
who can give any kind of help, especially
any expertise on the subject.
„ Choose strategies and tactics. Think of
funds and other contingencies.
„ Divide the tasks.
„ Work on media exposure.
„ Analyse the situation periodically and
plug in the gaps.
„ Evaluate your efforts.

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8 STEPS TO WIN A PUBLIC
INTEREST LITIGATION
Anyone can go to court seeking judicial
remedies for a public cause. Such a court
matter is called a Public Interest Litigation.
„ Collect evidence, use the RTI Act to get
the right documents and show attempts at
problem solving.
„ Pick a dedicated lawyer and file the PIL
before a local court.
„ Focus on a generic issue rather specific ones.
Link up with others working for a similar
cause and file a PIL under one umbrella.
„ Use the government’s policy statements,
reports and recommendations.
„ Attend every hearing. Strengthen the case
with facts, logical arguments based on
evidence and sound legal inputs.
„ If courts appoint committees, instruct them
on the selection criteria. Give the committee
the correct ‘Terms of Reference’.
„ Get media coverage on the issue.
„ These things take time. Don’t give up!
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 SUCCESS STORY
Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2006

Imagine if the criteria for

getting a loan is being poor!
Bangladesh’s Muhammad
Yunus’s micro-credit
experiment called Grameen,
changes the lives of the poor
by giving them loans. Grameen has seven million
members, each of whom it has encouraged to start
small enterprises and helped 64% of its borrowers’
families to cross the poverty line. Grameen Bank
has grown to 2,459 branches, works in 79,539
villages and the borrowers own 94% of the bank.
It recently crossed the US$ 6.4 billion mark in
terms of loans given to the poor.

KNOW...
DID YOU

Some 3 crore cases are pending in courts

in India. The high courts have almost 34
lakh cases and lower courts have a
backlog of more than 200 lakh cases. The number
of judges per million population in India is less than
10 as compared to the UK and US where it is 100
and 130 per million respectively.

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SUCCESS STORY
Wangari Maathai
Right Livelihood Award, 1984,
Nobel Peace Prize, 2004.

Dr. Wangari Maathai founded

the Green Belt movement in
Kenya in 1977, which till date
has planted more than 10
million trees to prevent soil erosion, while also
providing firewood for cooking. The Green Belt
movement focussed on women in the villages of
Kenya. The women protected their environment and
through the paid employment for planting the trees
were able to better care for their children and their
children's future. The movement eventually became
a national grass-roots organisation, providing work
and improving the environment at the same time.

BRain TEASE S
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Which is a biggest killer in the world:

Terrorism, AIDS or Malaria?
people and HIV-AIDs killed another 30,00,000.
terrorist incidents, malaria killed more than 10,00,000
In 2006, about 12,073 people were killed in

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 CITIZENSHIP AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has stated that human
activities are a major cause of climate change.
Also, climate change is linked to economic
growth. Economies around the world are
dependent on non-renewable, carbon-based
energy sources, which have been identified as
one of the most important causes of climate
change. One thing is clear: We, the citizens of
the world, have caused climate change and
we are still not doing anything about it.

KNOW...
DID YOU

A very small proportion of the population

consumes the majority of the world’s
resources. The five wealthiest countries consume
86% of all goods and services and produces 53% of
all carbon dioxide emissions, while the poorest five
countries consume 1.3% of goods and services and
account for 3% of C02 outputs.

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 If we do not the limit the global temperature
increase to 2 °C then humanity will face many
climatic changes that will put human
existence at risk. We only have a few years
left to reduce emissions. It is imperative that
we act now or our children and grandchildren
will face the consequences of our apathy.
Emissions that go up in 2007 will still remain
in the atmosphere in 2100.

The Kyoto Protocol had set a target of cutting

carbon emissions by 7% between 2008 and
2012 but no country has achieved it. Instead,
most countries show a phenomenal increase
of emissions.

KNOW...
DID YOU

Socialism collapsed because it did not

allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism
may collapse because it does not allow prices to
tell the ecological truth.
Oystein Dahre, Vice President ESSO

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 The irony is that the poor contributed the least
to the causes of climate change, but will be
the worst hit.

Spreading awareness, consuming less, using

energy efficiently and finding innovative
solutions is the way forward.

KNOW...
DID YOU

Human action has transformed between

one-third and one-half of the entire land
surface of the earth. Every 20 minutes,
the world adds another 3,500 human
lives but loses one or more species of
animal or plant life - at least 27,000 species per
year. This is a rate and scale of extinction that has
not occurred in 65 million years.

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 INDIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL
MILESTONES
1778
294 Bishnoi men and
69 Bishnoi women
were killed as they
tried to protect the
khejri tree. This led to
a royal order
prohibiting the cutting
of trees in Bishnoi
villages.
1874
The Bombay Society
for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
started and remains the
longest continuously
operating humane
society in India.
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1864
The Indian Forest
Department was
established by the
British colonial
government. Within
50 years it would
control over one-fifth
the land of India.
1935
India’s first national
park was established
as Hailey National
Park and later
renamed Jim Corbett
National Park.
 1963
India signs and 1973
ratifies CITES
(Convention on Women living in
International Trade in Himalayan villages in
Endangered Species Northern India begin
Wild Fauna and the Chipko movement
Flora). Of the 33,000 to protect trees from
species protected by commercial logging.
CITES only one has India launch Project
gone extinct so far. Tiger to protect the fast
declining tiger
population.

1974
The Water Act is
introduced in India.

1980
The Forest
Conservation Act is
introduced in India.

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 1981
The Air Act is 1982
introduced in India.
Vandana Shiva,
leader of the
environmental
1984 movement in India,
The Bhopal Gas founds The Research
Tragedy in which an Foundation for
estimated 10,000 Science, Technology
people are killed and and Ecology in New
many more injured Delhi, India.
when Union Carbide's
pesticide plant in
Bhopal, leaks 40 tons
of methyl isocyanate
gas into the air and
sends a cloud of
poison into the
surrounding city of
1 million. 1986
The Environment
Protectiontion Act is
introduced in India.

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 1987
The Narmada Bachao
Andolan, led by
Medha Patkar, rose to
protest the construction
of the dam. It
refocused its efforts on
the rights of villagers
and tribals displaced
by the dam.
1997
The Kyoto Protocol
treaty is signed and
ratified by 84 countries
including India and is
the first major attempt
to mitigate the effects
of climate change and
reduce the emissions
of greenhouse gases.
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1992
The UN Convention
on Biodiversity is
signed and ratified by
India.
2000
The Government of
India and UNPF
announce India’s
population has crossed
the 1 billion mark.
2004
The Supreme Court of
India makes
environment education
a compulsary subject.
 LEGISLATION
The Juvenile Justice [Care and Protection of Children]
Act 2000: It was enacted to consolidate and amend the law
relating to juveniles in conflict with law and children in
need of care and protection.

SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: Clarifies

the punishment meted out to those guilty of caste based
atrocities and the compensation to be paid in such cases.

The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,

Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995:
Spells out a charter of rights to empower and mainstream
disabled persons.

Freedom of Religion
- The right to freedom of religion is a fundamental right
guaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution.
- Subject to public order, morality and health and to the
other provisions of Article 25, all persons are equally
entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to
profess, practice and propagate religion. (Article 25).

For Women
Equal Remuneration Act
The Indecent Representation of Women Act
The Sati Abolition Act
The Dowry Prohibition Act
The Domestic Violence Act

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Right to Infomation Act, 2005: Enshrines a citizen’s right
to demand information and inspect public documents. It
has been instrumental in promoting transperancy in
governance and reducing corruption.

National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS): All destitute

persons, 60 years and above, must receive Rs. 75 a month in
addition to entitlements under the State Pension Scheme.

Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY): Food for work

at minimum wage paid in grain and cash. Labourers, small
farmers, SC/ST and women to get priority.

National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS): Every

pregnant woman (Below the Poverty Line or BPL) must be
given Rs. 500 per child for the first two births 8-12 weeks
prior to the delivery from the Sarpanch in the Gram
Panchayat.

National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS): Every BPL

family must get Rs. 10,000 in cash on the death of the primary
breadwinner within four weeks of the death from the
Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.

Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS): It is the

right of every child up to 6 years of age to get 600 calories and
8-10 grams of protein per day, adolescent girl to get 500
calories and 20-25 grams of protein per day, pregnant woman
and nursing mother to get 500 calories and 20-25 grams of
protein per day. A malnourished child to get 600 calories and
16-20 grams of protein a day.

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 IMPORTANT RESOURCES

WEBSITES:
http://www.indiaproactive.com
„ This website is facilitates discussions on a broad range
of issues that affect India.

http://www.changemakers.net
„ This website explores innovate solutions to social issues.

www.ashoka.org
„ The Ashoka website is dedicated to promoting innovative
ideas of social change, social entrepreneurs and leaders.

http://www.cuts-international.org
„ This website belongs to Consumer Unity and Trust
society and is dedicated to redressing consumer issues.

http://www.indiatogether.org
„ The India Together website has a lot of information on
important developmental and public interest issues.

http://www.secularindia.com
„ This website is dedicated to protecting India’s secular
fabric.

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 IMPORTANT RESOURCES

ORGANISATIONS:
Human Rights: Human Rights Law Network
Tel: +91-11-24374501/ 24376922
E-mail: contact@hrln.org
Website: http://www.hrln.org

People’s Court: Indian People’s Tribunal

Tel : +91-22-23439651/91-11-24374501
Email: iptindia@vsnl.net
Website: http://www.iptindia.org

Public Governance (Urban India): Janaagraha

Tel: +91-80-41277102/41277103
Website: http://www.janaagraha.org

Awareness: Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness

Tel: +91-80-25538584/41105161
Website: http://www.cmcaindia.org

Ecological Awareness: Tarumitra

Tel: +91-612-2560947
Website: http://www.tarumitra.org

For information, contact:

Centre for Environmental Research and Education
Email: cere_india@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.cere-india.org

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Energy & I
Biodiversity & I
Citizenship & I
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