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The chapter discusses India’s problems related to environment protection vis-à-vis business; current and future issues with ideas of tackling them. As a developing country, India has always faced the dilemma of development versus environment.

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    It is the legal capacity to sue or approach a court of law. The aggrieved party’s legal rights should have been violated.

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    We cannot afford to play with wildlife and environment: Gujarat HC; The Times of India; September 4, 2021; https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/we-cannot-afford-to-play-with-wildlife-and-environment-gujarat-hc/articleshow/85916506.cms.

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    Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary; Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of the Forest Force; Government of Gujarat; https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/girnar-wildlife-sanctuary.htm.

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    https://moef.gov.in/en/.

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    Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Bhopal is the capital of the centrally located province of Madhya Pradesh. On the night of 2–3 December 1984, poisonous Gas Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant. Thousands of people died and tens of thousands suffered for their entire life because of the poisonous gas.

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    Final Document on Revised Classification of Industrial Sectors Under Red, Orange, Green and White Categories; Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi; February 29, 2016; https://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Latest_118_Final_Directions.pdf.

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    Page 3; Id.

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    MoEFCC, Pro Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental Singlewindow Hub (Parivesh), Office Memorandum, August 9, 2018; http://environmentclearance.nic.in/View.aspx?rid=30.

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    Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Notification; August 2015; S.O. 1533; http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/public_display/circulars/56_UniEIANoti2006.pdf.

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    In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-Sect. (1) and clause (v) of subsection (2) of Sect. 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in supersession of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011, number S.O. 19(E), dated the 6th January, 2011; http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/SCZMADocument/CRZ_Notification2019.pdf.

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    Central Pollution Control Board, S.O. 123(E); February 14, 2000; https://cpcb.nic.in/noise-pollution-rules/.

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    Section 2(a); Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996; https://parivesh.nic.in/writereaddata/ENV/HSM/rule3.pdf.

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    Section 2(f); Id.

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    Rule 3 (v), Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000; https://www.mpcb.gov.in/sites/default/files/solid-waste/MSWrules200002032020.pdf.

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    Rule 3 (vi); Id.

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    Rule 3 (vii); Id.

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    Rule 3 (viii); Id.

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    A housing complex in Pune is using leftover food to light its parks; The Economic Times; September 4, 2021; https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/waste-to-watts-india-generates-green-energy-from-food-leftovers/articleshow/85925604.cms.

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    XWM, EnergyBin; http://xeonwm.com/

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    Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes; https://www.unep.org/resources/report/basel-convention-control-transboundary-movements-hazardous-wastes.

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    Rule 3 (32); Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016; https://cpcb.nic.in/displaypdf.php?id=aHdtZC9IV01fUnVsZXNfMjAxNi5wZGY =.

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    Rule 3 (21); Id.

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    Rule 2; Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016; MoEFCC; March 28, 2016; https://dhr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Bio-medical_Waste_Management_Rules_2016.pdf.

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    Rule 2; E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016; https://greene.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/EWM-Rules-2016-english-23.03.2016.pdf.

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    Rule 3(r); Id.

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    Vide notification G.S.R. 261(E), dated March 22, 2018; https://cpcb.nic.in/uploads/Projects/E-Waste/e-waste_amendment_notification_06.04.2018.pdf.

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    Why Posco Failed? BizOdisha; May 17, 2017; http://bizodisha.com/2017/05/why-posco-failed/.

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Agarwal, A.K. (2022). Environmental. In: Doing Business in India. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9045-7_8

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