Greening the supply chain: a new initiative in india with special reference to Chhattisgarh

Over the years Mother Nature has found ways to maintain a clean and sustainable environment for the living world. However, over the last few decades, the environmental impact from rapid economic development and industrialization has largely overloaded the Nature's capacity. Consequently, the environmental and ecological balance on Earth has been seriously disrupted, Global warming, ozone holes, abnormal weather, extinction of species, and the emergence of new illnesses and diseases are just a few of the symptoms reflecting the rapidly emerging environmental crisis. As a result, the current environmental crisis is only to intensify in the next century. India has experienced one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world reaching 8.3 in 2007.This growth has been a dramatic driver in the nature and scale of impact on the country's environment and natural resources. Environmental risks and problems are widening. The issues of managing this environment impacts are capturing not only public attention but has attracted the attention of researchers from a wide variety of fields. Green Supply Chain Management is evolving as a solution to this problem.This Paper Epitomise an Overview of Green Supply Chain Management With Special Reference to Chhattisgarh.