Title-A Study on The Impact of Economic Development Leading to Climate Change in The State of Assam

Assam is one of the most energetic and vibrant states of India. The state is full of most important natural resources that have been attracting the attention of many investors to set up their production units in the state. Assam is blessed with many of the resources such as river waters, huge hydrocarbon potential, coal, limestone, dolomite and most importantly crude oil and natural gas. Too much of industrialisation, urbanisation, etc have been destroying the environment. Environment of Assam is degrading day by day and progress of economic development is occurring at the cost of environmental degradation. Several districts in Assam suffered drought-like conditions for two years consecutively in 2005 and 2006, bearing the signature of climate change as vindicated by the IPCC (Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change) report of 2007. So this paper attempts to find the direction of changes in growth and development of the state and its associated effects on the environment.