Issue Date: May 31, 1992
PRIME Minister P V Narasimha Rao's government has taken dramatic
steps in less than a year of its existence towards a liberalised
regime for the industrial sector. If the new policies indeed
lead to increased economic activity, there will be greater
pressures operating on the natural environment. Given India's
people, almost every ecological space within the country is being
used by different occupational groups for their survival. There
are no virgin lands left to exploit. Ecological destruction has,