India is undoubtedly a dynamic, diverse, and complex society. The caste system, although unofficially abandoned, is prevailing, and many groups remain poor, disadvantaged, and secluded from the economic and political scenes. Another obvious structural problem is related to gender; Indian women are, e.g., less in numbers, they have a poorer access to healthcare and education compared to men, they are not engaged in economic activities in the same extent as men, and they are under presented in most democratic institutions.
The increasing industrialisation and fast growth does not only pose problems related to the allocation of resources and powers, but also severely challenges the natural environment. Environmental degradation such as contaminated water, sinking groundwater levels, unhealthy soils, and polluted air has become a harsh reality in many parts of India.
Noteworthy, a damaged local environment hits the most vulnerable groups of society the hardest. Poor and marginalised people lack the resources needed to reduce the negative effects of a degraded environment. At the same time, they are usually directly dependent on their close natural environment for their daily survival. One result of a rapid urbanisation, a slowly reducing gap between urban and rural, changing consumption patterns, and a growing population is the problem of waste. 1. Introduction. 2. Objectives. 3. Community awareness in about eco-friendly culture. 4. Indentifying sensitive environmental issues. 5. Strategies and Solutions. 6. Conclusions
As this paper has outlined, the emerging new paradigm of sustainable development offers many new questions which the academic community must address both in order for themselves to remain relevant. Sustainable development implies the fulfillment of several conditions: preserving the overall balance, respect for the environment, and preventing the exhaustion of natural resources. Reduced production of waste and the rationalization of production and energy consumption must also be implemented. Sustainable development is presented as a more or less clean break from other modes of development, which have led and are still leading to worrying social and ecological damage on both a worldwide and a local scale. In order to be sustainable, development must combine three main elements: fairness, protection of the environment, and economic efficiency. A sustainable development project must be based on a better-developed mode of consultation between the community and the members it comprises. The success of such a policy also depends on consumers accepting certain constraints and citizens observing certain requirements with regard to transparency and participation.
