question_answer 8)

 How was environment treated earlier? What has been the change in perception? Discuss.  

Answer:

 Earlier there were very few laws protecting the environment in India. There was hardly any enforcement of these laws. The environment was treated as a 'free' entity and any industry could pollute the air and water without any restrictions.  Now there has been a change in perception. Government has introduced laws on the environment. The courts have given a number of judgments upholding the right to a healthy environment as intrinsic to the fundamental right to life. The government has set up laws and procedures that can check pollution, clean rivers. The government can also fine to those who pollute our precious environment.