How do the following factors contribute to the environmental crisis in India? What problem do they pose for the government?
(i) Rising population
(ii) Air pollution
(iii) Water contamination
(iv) Affluent consumption standards
(v) Illiteracy
(vi) Industrialization
(vii) Urbanization
(viii) Reduction of forest coverage
(ix) Poaching
(x) Global warming
Highlight any two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy – they are poverty induced and at the same time due to affluence in living standards - Is this true?