ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  – FROM INDIAN CONSTITUTION  PRESPECTIVE 

a) The State\'s responsibility with regard to environmental protection has been laid down under Article 48-A of our Constitution, which reads as follows: 

\"The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country\". 

b) Environmental protection is a fundamental duty of every citizen of this country under Article 51-A(g) of  our Constitution which reads as follows: 

\"It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.\" 

c) Article 21 of the Constitution is a fundamental right which reads as follows: 

\"No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.\" 

d) Article 48-A of the Constitution comes under Directive Principles of State Policy and Article 51 A(g)  of the Constitution comes under Fundamental Duties. 

e) The State\'s responsibility with regard to raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health has been laid down under Article 47 of the Constitution which reads as follows: 

\"The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its  people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.\" 

h) The 42nd amendment to the Constitution was brought about in the year 1974 makes it the responsibility of the State Government to protect and improve the  environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country. The latter, under Fundamental Duties, makes it the fundamental duty of every citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.