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Critically examine the provisions made in the Constitution for the protection of Environment.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 15 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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The Constitution of 1950 said nothing explicit about the environment. After the Stockholm Conference (1972), the 42nd Amendment (1976) wrote ecological duties into the text, and the Supreme Court later read a right to a healthy environment into Article 21. The result is generous on paper and inventive in court, but weak in executive delivery.

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