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This booklet is part of a Series of 6 Booklets on

Environmental Sustainability with a special focus

on Climate Change. Each booklet aims to motivate

individuals to take action to mitigate global warming

by providing basic information in an easy tounderstand manner.


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ISBN 978-81-902018-3-4

PUBLISHER - Centre for Environmental Research

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Citizenship and I

All our actions have led to Climate

Change. We need to rethink our role as

citizens and we need to redefine

citizenship.

The government is us; we are the

government, you and I.

Theodore Roosevelt (former President, USA)

We all have an obligation as citizens

of this earth to leave the world a

healthier, cleaner, and better placeforour children and future generations.

Blythe Danner (actress, environmentalist)


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Our impact upon the Planet has more than

tripled since 1961. Human consumption

now exceeds the Earths ability to

regenerate itself by 25%.

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Rights &legal protection

Identity

Resources

Healthcare Livelihood

Air, waterand food

What I get as a citizen...


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ApathyIgnorance

Populationexplosion

Consumerism

Inequity

Environmentaldestruction

...my failures as ONE

The future depends on what we do in the

present.

Mahatma GandhiDIDY

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WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?

We are all citizens of planet Earth. The state

of the Earth reflects how well we have

played our role as citizens. If the Earth today

is in a bad shape - well, who is to blame

except us - each one of us. Citizenship is

about an attitude of caring and of workingactively towards the betterment of society,

our country and the Earth, which fulfills all

our needs.

As Swami Vivekananda puts it We areresponsible for what we are. Whatever we

wish to be in the future can be produced by

our present actions; so we have to know how

to act.


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EACH ONE OF US ISAFFECTED

EACH ONE IS

RESPONSIBLE


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Population: World

population touched

6.6 billion in 2007.

Although India

occupies only 2.4%of the worlds land

area, it supports

over 17.5% of the

worlds population.

Ten worst issues

affecting us...

ONE in everysix people on earth

lives in India. FACT


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Poverty: Poverty is the

state of a majority of

the worlds people and

nations. One billion

children in the world

live in poverty. India

has the worlds largest

number of poor peoplein a single country. Of

its nearly 1 billion

inhabitants, about

350-400 million are

below the poverty line,with 75% of them in

the rural areas.

ONE in every three

malnourished

children in the world

lives in India. FACT


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Environmental Destruction: Pollution,

global warming, climate change,

biodiversity loss are all manifestations of

unsustainable development. A study

published in 2007, in the journal Human

Ecology, reveals that 62 million deaths per

year could be attributed to environmental

factors.

ONE million people die in

India each year from air and

water pollution.

In ONE year, India loses

250 tigers.FACT


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Lack of Education:

Nearly a billion

people in the world

entered the 21st

century unable to

read a book or sign

their names.

According to The

Annual Status of

Education Report

(ASER) 2006, 51.9%

of children in the agegroup of 6-14 cannot

read Standard II level material this means

98 million children need remedial help in

language in India.

In India, ONE in every 4

students does not go

beyond class V. By class

VIII the dropout rate gets

worse at 50.8%.

FACT


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Heal th-Related

Issues: We are

greatly affected bythe environment we

live in. Our home,

office, outdoor and

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

environments poserisks to health in a

number of different

ways, from the poor quality of the air we

breathe, to the spread of virulent diseases, to

the hazards caused by climate change.Worldwide one billion people lack access to

healthcare systems. Over 9 million people

die worldwide each year because of hunger

and malnutrition.

ONEperson dies of TB in

India every minute.

ONE out of 10 children in

India do not see their 5th

birthday.

FACT


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Corruption & Poor

Governance: In many

surveys India isranked as the fifth

most corrupt country

in the world. Corruption in India is all

pervasive.

Corruption hurts everyone, and it harms

the poor the most. It traps millions in

poverty and misery and breeds social,

economic and political unrest. It also

undermines democracy and the rule of law.

Good governance is about making

bureaucrats and politicians accountable,

fighting corruption, and involving people

in policy making decisions.

In ONE year, bribes

worth Rs. 21,068

crores are paid out

in India. FACT


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Lack of infrastructure: Infrastructure in

India needs to be improved. Roads, public

transport facilities, water and sewagesystems, agriculture-related facilities, tele-

communications and power all need to catch

up with the growing demands. The greatest

challenge for India is to work out

environmentally sustainable and viablesolutions for basic infrastructure.

Every year on an

average, 75,000 people

lose their lives in road

accidents, and over

3,25,000 are injured.ACT


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Communalism /

R e l i g i o u s

Fundamentalism:

India is a country

known for its

tolerant past.

Hatred and violence are being propagated

because a few people are obsessed withreligious fundamentalism and

communalism. The preamble to the

Constitution of India signifies that India is a

secular state.

Human Rights and Justice

Issues: Human rights

include a variety of aspects,

from civil and political

rights, to socio-economicrights. Freedom of speech

and human rights have deteriorated around

the world and in India, in recent years.


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Water and Development: Water is an

essential component of human existence.

Growing populations and the abuse and pollution of water resources have changed

water from a life-giving, freely available

resource to one over which wars are fought.

Today, developed nations consume about

85% of the worlds water resources, while inpoorer nations water-borne diseases already

kill one child every eight seconds.

ONE-third of the worldspopulation is living in either water-

scarce, or water-short areas.

ONEbillion people have no access

to safe drinking water and over 2

billion lack basic sanitation.

FACT


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EACH ONE OF US CANMAKE A DIFFERENCE

It takes justONE person.


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ONE man saved the Taj Mahal. It had turned

yellow and was being corroded by the pollution from a total of 292 coal based

industries and foundries. He submitted

scientific reports to the Supreme Court

outlining steps to make the region around the

Taj, pollution free. In 1996, through aSupreme Court order, the Taj was restored to

it's original beauty.

M.C. Mehta

Winner of the Goldman Environment

Prize and the Magsaysay Award.

Mumbai now has less than 0.03 acre of

open space per 1,000 people. One of theworlds worst ratios. The international

norm is 4 acres per 1,000 people. We are

540 times less than the norm.

Greater London has approximately 12 acres per

1,000 people and Singapore has approximately 6

acres per 1,000 people.

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ONE woman mobilised thousands of

villagers to campaign against the NarmadaValley Project that would displace them and

cause irreversible ecological damage. Today,

Medhas name is synonymous with struggles

throughout the country. People approach her

to help oppose developmental projects thatare rendering lakhs landless and homeless.

She is trying to force a re-think of Indias

unsustainable development paradigms.

Development for whom? is the question

she always asks.

Medha Patkar

Winner of the Right Livelihood Award

(Alternative Nobel Prize), theGoldman Environment Prize, the

Green Ribbon Award for Best

International Political Campaigner by

BBC amongst others.

Women cultivate, plough and harvest more

than half of all the food in the world.DIDY

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GajananDudhalkar


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ONE woman decided to clean up all the cities

in India. She submitted numerous reports tothe Supreme Court of India and was

instrumental in developing policies for better

waste management like separating hospital

waste and toxic waste. She is still helping to

formulate innovative remedies for Indiaswaste.

Dr. Almitra Patel

Winner of the Economic TimesAchiever of the Year for Environment

award in Karnataka, the

Kempegowda Award-for Environment

and other awards.

Dr. Almitra Patel started on her Waste

Mission by documenting the prevailingwaste practices in 86 cities across India

with her colleague Captain Velu. The sad

state of affairs in waste management led her

finally to file a Public Interest Litigation which

resulted in Indias first Municipal Solid Waste

(Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

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ONE man decided that corruption must be

eradicated and that the workings of thegovernment should become transparent and

more accountable. He was instrumental in

instituting the Right to Information Act

(RTI) in 2005. Today, as citizens of India, we

can access all types of governmental dataand take action using this powerful act.

Arvind Kejriwal

Magsaysay Award for Emergent

Leadership, one among the many other

awards that he has won.

Right to Information gives you access to

all the information that you seek from the

Government. For example, you have the right to

ask why the road outside your house is not repaired

or if a particular building in your locality is legal or

why your ration card is not being renewed.

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ONE woman decided that the air in Delhi had

to be cleaned up. Air pollution, mainlycaused by vehicular emissions, was killing

one person every hour in Delhi. With a

boldness, rare in India, she used the Anil

Agarwal Clear Air Model, 2002, developed

by the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) to achieve this mission. Her campaign

helped clean up the air in many cities across

India.

Sunita NarainDirector Centre for Science and

Environment, Padma Shri recipient

and The Stockholm Water Prize

amongst many other awards.

The Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model

developed by CSE is based on the simple

principle that emissions from a vehicle

depend on the type of technology, quality of fuel,

number of kilometres run everyday, and how the

engine deteriorates over time.

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These inspiring stories are of

true citizens of this country.

They are people consumedwith a single passion and

thought: How to make the

world a better place.

Citizenship is about just that - making the

world and our country a better place to livein.

A country is like a mirror - reflecting its

people.

The best way to judge the progress of a

country is to look at the lives of its people -

whether they are educated, well fed, get

medical treatment, enjoy freedom of

expression and literary creation and whether

there is an opportunity of creativity. That is a

very different perspective from the super

power perspective. It is, to me, a much better

way.Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate and Economist


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Check your

citizenship score card

1 Do you cast your vote?

2 Have you met any of the following forany local issue - your elected corporator,

MLA or MP?

3 Have you volunteered with any NGO or

supported any campaign?

4 Have you read about Climate Change and

Global Warming and understood theimplications of these?

5 Do you know what is the RTI Act? Do you

know how you can use it?

6 Do you know what work these individuals

have done: Rajinder Singh, Al Gore, Dr. R. K.

Pachauri?7 Do you know where your water comes

from? Do you know what is Rainwater

Harvesting?

8 Do you have a bucket bath?

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9 Have you ever written a letter to anewspaper or a magazine about a

problematic civic issue in your area?

10 Have you celebrated any festival in an

eco-friendly manner?

11 Do you switch off the lights and fans and

your computer when not in use?12 Do you use public transport?

13 Do you segregate your wet and dry waste

or take a cloth bag to the market?

14 Can you name a global environmental

problem that affects you directly?

15 Have you installed energy saving CFL

bulbs at home?

YES NO

For every ' Yes' answer give yourself one mark and

then add up your score.

How did you fare:

10 - 15 You are a true citizen.

5 - 9 You can do much better.

1- 4 You failed the citizenship test.


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HANDY TIPS

This section has simple and practical tips

to improve your citizenship score card.


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8 SIMPLE STEPS TO BEA BETTER CITIZEN

1. Wake up! Be an Informed CitizenBecoming aware is the first great step

forward.

How can we become aware:

Media is a constant informer. Learn about issues through the newspaper,

TV channels and the radio. Become aware

of your rights and your responsibilities.

Discuss issues with your friends,

neighbours and colleagues at work. Attend talks and conferences.

Participate in neighbourhood and localNGO events.

The worlds 5 greenest and most liveable

cities are Stockholm, Oslo, Munich, Paris

and Frankfurt. The 5 worst are Bangkok,

Guangzhou, Mumbai, Shanghai and Beijing.

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2. Civic Sense No one lives or works in isolation. We all

live in communities. We need to have basic

civic sense like not breaking traffic lights

and not littering the roads in order to live in

communities. We need to start caring for the

communities and neighbourhoods we live

and work in.

After the vehicular pollution case in

Mumbai, all 55,000 taxis in Mumbaiswitched to CNG. Now 55 tonnes of

carbon monoxide are not being pumped into the

air anymore. Particulate matter has come down by

99% and sulphur dioxide that was 26 micrograms

per cubic metre (pre-2000) is now down to only

9 micrograms (in 2005).

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3. Be a Vigilant ConsumerThe Consumer Protection Act, 1986

guarantees certain statutory rights toconsumers and is the cheapest remedy

available to aggrieved persons/consumers.

Proceedings grant relief to parties in the

quickest possible time. Consumers form a

strong voice that can change policies and

improve living conditions, if united. Lend

your voice to worthy causes.

Landmark scooter case: Many peoplepaid security deposits to companies to

book scooters. Delivery was promised

within a certain period but the demand outstripped

the supply. Tired of waiting, many consumers

cancelled their orders and asked for a refund of

their deposit. Despite numerous reminders, thesedeposits were not returned. A public meeting was

organised, which was attended by more than 500

consumers. Cases were filed against LML, a

scooter manufacturing company and refunds of

more than 4,00,000 consumers were returned,

aggregating to about Rs. 40 crores.

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On an average 58% to 60% of the

people in India vote.

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4. Join Advanced Locality Management

(ALM) Groups

Participate in some community work. Solvea problem in the neighbourhood bycollaborative efforts.

5. Community Service

Give of your time to the blind or to the old and

disabled. Encourage products made by them.

6. Start Voting

Show your preferences! This will help political parties shape up and work for thegood of the common man.


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7. Pressure Group to Influence Policies

Write in, discuss issues and help shape

governmental policies. Social participationis the key to a healthy democracy, as stated by Brazilian social entrepreneur LucianaMartinelli. It means voicing ones opinionsand taking part in decision-making

processes, whether acting within a

neighborhood association or lobbying thegovernment for policy changes.

A judge can act independently, take action and

pass orders on the basis of newspaper reports. In1996, when the CSE data on Delhi air pollution

appeared in the media, the Supreme Court of India

issued a notice to the Delhi government. In response

the Delhi government tabled the first ever action plan

to combat air pollution. Writing articles or letters to

the press can prove to be effective agents of change.

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8. Assert Your Rights

If there is any issue bothering you, take it up.

Start a campaign andif that does not work,file a Public InterestLitigation (PIL), but

whatever the issuemay be, go about

finding solutions in alawful, legal manner.

If you have a grievance against any

governmental agency or its manner of

functioning or feel that governmental processesneed to be reformed, then you can write to The

Department of Administrative Reforms and Public

Grievances. This department works to improve

government functioning and to make it more

citizen-friendly. Visit the following website

http://darpg.nic.in and voice your suggestions.

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10 IMPORTANT STEPSTO PLAN A CAMPAIGN

Identify the issue(s).

Outline your achievable goals and

objectives clearly.

Recruit supporters and volunteers: Look

for people in the locality/city/countrywho are stakeholders in the issue.

Learn more and read about similar

campaigns.

Build a Coalition: Look for partners

amongst like-minded NGOs and groupswho can give any kind of help, especially

any expertise on the subject.

Choose strategies and tactics. Think of

funds and other contingencies.

Divide the tasks.

Work on media exposure.

Analyse the situation periodically and

plug in the gaps.

Evaluate your efforts.


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8 STEPS TO WIN A PUBLICINTEREST LITIGATION

Collect evidence, use the RTI Act to get

the right documents and show attempts atproblem solving.

Pick a dedicated lawyer and file the PIL

before a local court.

Focus on a generic issue rather specific ones.

Link up with others working for a similar

cause and file a PIL under one umbrella.Use the governments policy statements,

reports and recommendations.

Attend every hearing. Strengthen the case

with facts, logical arguments based on

evidence and sound legal inputs.If courts appoint committees, instruct them

on the selection criteria. Give the committee

the correct Terms of Reference.

Get media coverage on the issue.

These things take time. Dont give up!

Anyone can go to court seeking judicial

remedies for a public cause. Such a court

matter is called a Public Interest Litigation.


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Some 3 crore cases are pending in courtsin India. The high courts have almost 34

lakh cases and lower courts have a

backlog of more than 200 lakh cases. The number

of judges per million population in India is less than

10 as compared to the UK and US where it is 100

and 130 per million respectively.

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Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2006

Imagine if the criteria for

getting a loan is being poor!

Bangladeshs Muhammad

Yunuss micro-credit

experiment called Grameen,

changes the lives of the poorby giving them loans. Grameen has seven million

members, each of whom it has encouraged to start

small enterprises and helped 64% of its borrowers

families to cross the poverty line. Grameen Bank

has grown to 2,459 branches, works in 79,539

villages and the borrowers own 94% of the bank.It recently crossed the US$ 6.4 billion mark in

terms of loans given to the poor.

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Wangari Maathai

Right Livelihood Award, 1984,

Nobel Peace Prize, 2004.

Dr. Wangari Maathai founded

the Green Belt movement in

Kenya in 1977, which till date

has planted more than 10

million trees to prevent soil erosion, while alsoproviding firewood for cooking. The Green Belt

movement focussed on women in the villages of

Kenya. The women protected their environment and

through the paid employment for planting the trees

were able to better care for their children and their

children's future. The movement eventually becamea national grass-roots organisation, providing work

and improving the environment at the same time.

SUCCESS STORY

TEASE SBRainR

In2006,about12,073peoplewerekilledin

terroristincidents,malariakilledmorethan10,00,000

peopleandHIV-AIDskilledanother30,00,000.

Which is a biggest killer in the world:

Terrorism, AIDS or Malaria?


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CITIZENSHIP ANDCLIMATE CHANGE

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) has stated that human

activities are a major cause of climate change.

Also, climate change is linked to economic

growth. Economies around the world aredependent on non-renewable, carbon-based

energy sources, which have been identified as

one of the most important causes of climate

change. One thing is clear: We, the citizens of

the world, have caused climate change and

we are still not doing anything about it.

A very small proportion of the population

consumes the majority of the worldsresources. The five wealthiest countries consume

86% of all goods and services and produces 53% of

all carbon dioxide emissions, while the poorest five

countries consume 1.3% of goods and services and

account for 3% of C02 outputs.

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If we do not the limit the global temperature

increase to 2 C then humanity will face many

climatic changes that will put humanexistence at risk. We only have a few years

left to reduce emissions. It is imperative that

we act now or our children and grandchildren

will face the consequences of our apathy.

Emissions that go up in 2007 will still remain

in the atmosphere in 2100.

The Kyoto Protocol had set a target of cutting

carbon emissions by 7% between 2008 and

2012 but no country has achieved it. Instead,

most countries show a phenomenal increaseof emissions.

Socialism collapsed because it did not

allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism

may collapse because it does not allow prices to

tell the ecological truth.

Oystein Dahre, Vice President ESSO

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Human action has transformed between

one-third and one-half of the entire land

surface of the earth. Every 20 minutes,

the world adds another 3,500 human

lives but loses one or more species of

animal or plant life - at least 27,000 species per

year. This is a rate and scale of extinction that has

not occurred in 65 million years.

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The irony is that the poor contributed the least

to the causes of climate change, but will be

the worst hit.

Spreading awareness, consuming less, using

energy efficiently and finding innovative

solutions is the way forward.


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INDIAS ENVIRONMENTALMILESTONES

The Indian Forest

Department was

established by the

British colonialgovernment. Within

50 years it would

control over one-fifth

the land of India.

1778

1864

Indias first nationalparkwas established

as Hailey National

Park and later

renamed Jim Corbett

National Park.

1935

294 Bishnoi men and

69 Bishnoi women

were killed as they

tried to protect the

khejri tree. This led to

a royal orderprohibiting the cutting

of trees in Bishnoi

villages.

1874

The Bombay Society

for Prevention ofCruelty to Animals

started and remains the

longest continuously

operating humane

society in India.


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Women living inHimalayan villages in

Northern India begin

the Chipko movement

to protect trees from

commercial logging.

India launch ProjectTiger to protect the fast

declining tiger

population.

1963

1973

The Forest

Conservation Act is

introduced in India.

1980

India signs and

ratifies CITES

(Convention on

International Trade in

Endangered Species

Wild Fauna and

Flora). Of the 33,000

species protected by

CITES only one hasgone extinct so far.

1974

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Vandana Shiva,leader of the

environmental

movement in India,

founds The Research

Foundation for

Science, Technologyand Ecology in New

Delhi, India.

1981

1982

The EnvironmentProtectiontion Act is


1986

The AirAct is


1984

The Bhopal Gas

Tragedy in which an

estimated 10,000people are killed and

many more injured

when Union Carbide's

pesticide plant in

Bhopal, leaks 40 tons

of methyl isocyanategas into the air and

sends a cloud of

poison into the

surrounding city of

1 million.


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The UN Convention

on Biodiversity is

signed and ratified by

India.

1987

1992

The Government of

India and UNPF

announce Indias

population has crossed

the 1 billion mark.

2000

The Supreme Court of

India makes

environment education

a compulsary subject.

2004

The Narmada Bachao

Andolan, led by

Medha Patkar, rose to

protest the construction

of the dam. It

refocused its efforts on

the rights of villagers

and tribals displaced

by the dam.

1997

The Kyoto Protocol

treaty is signed and

ratified by 84 countries

including India and is

the first major attempt

to mitigate the effectsof climate change and

reduce the emissions

of greenhouse gases.

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LEGISLATION

The Juvenile Justice [Care and Protection of Children]

Act 2000: It was enacted to consolidate and amend the lawrelating to juveniles in conflict with law and children in

need of care and protection.

SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: Clarifies

the punishment meted out to those guilty of caste based

atrocities and the compensation to be paid in such cases.

The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,

Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995:

Spells out a charter of rights to empower and mainstream

disabled persons.

Freedom of Religion

- The right to freedom of religion is a fundamental rightguaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution.

- Subject to public order, morality and health and to the

other provisions of Article 25, all persons are equally

entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to

profess, practice and propagate religion. (Article 25).

For WomenEqual Remuneration Act

The Indecent Representation of Women Act

The Sati Abolition Act

The Dowry Prohibition Act

The Domestic Violence Act


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National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS): All destitute

persons, 60 years and above, must receive Rs. 75 a month in

addition to entitlements under the State Pension Scheme.

Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY): Food for work

at minimum wage paid in grain and cash. Labourers, smallfarmers, SC/ST and women to get priority.

National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS): Every

pregnant woman (Below the Poverty Line or BPL) must be

given Rs. 500 per child for the first two births 8-12 weeks

prior to the delivery from the Sarpanch in the Gram

Panchayat.

National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS): Every BPL

family must get Rs. 10,000 in cash on the death of the primary

breadwinner within four weeks of the death from the

Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.

Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS): It is theright of every child up to 6 years of age to get 600 calories and

8-10 grams of protein per day, adolescent girl to get 500

calories and 20-25 grams of protein per day, pregnant woman

and nursing mother to get 500 calories and 20-25 grams of

protein per day. A malnourished child to get 600 calories and

16-20 grams of protein a day.

Right to Infomation Act, 2005: Enshrines a citizens right

to demand information and inspect public documents. It

has been instrumental in promoting transperancy in

governance and reducing corruption.

IMPORTANT RESOURCES


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IMPORTANT RESOURCES

WEBSITES:http://www.indiaproactive.com

This website is facilitates discussions on a broad rangeof issues that affect India.

http://www.changemakers.net

This website explores innovate solutions to social issues.

www.ashoka.org

The Ashoka website is dedicated to promoting innovativeideas of social change, social entrepreneurs and leaders.

http://www.cuts-international.org

This website belongs to Consumer Unity and Trustsociety and is dedicated to redressing consumer issues.

http://www.indiatogether.org

The India Together website has a lot of information onimportant developmental and public interest issues.

http://www.secularindia.com This website is dedicated to protecting Indias secularfabric.

IMPORTANT RESOURCES


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IMPORTANT RESOURCES

ORGANISATIONS:Human Rights: Human Rights Law Network

Tel: +91-11-24374501/ 24376922

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.hrln.org

Peoples Court: Indian Peoples Tribunal

Tel : +91-22-23439651/91-11-24374501Email: [email protected]

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