• Nabanita Das

Environmental resouces are increasingly coming under the pressure from various facets of development. Institutional as well as non-institutional mechanisms for ensuring that the long term sustenance of environmental resources does not get hampered therefore assume greater importance. Responding to climate change is now a global priority for all governments. In India, environmental governance under the NDA government under PM Narendra Modi has stepped up action on environmental concerns such as pollution, waste management, but retains a myopic view of natural resource management and strengthening of institutions. Moreover forest governance took on a more industry-centric approach .While forests remain a key focus of the reform initiatives of the Centre, various initiatives proposed by the government limit the scope of addressing the issue of forest management comprehensively. NDA governments stint is worse, in terms of dilution of environmental laws and procedures. The objective of the paper is to study the environmental governance under Modi’s leadership and to analyse how far it have been successful in conservation and maintenance of natural resources. A critical study has also been put forwarded while analyzing its position. The study has been carried out through secondary like journals, articles, books and internet. It has been seen that measures should be proposed by the NDA government which should lead to forest conservation and management by increasing forest cover, giving equal emphasis on improving biodiversity and productivity of forests, . It also should ensure forest benefits to local communities. Any proposed reform must capture the perspective of both ecology and people’s livelihoods to make environmental measures more fruitful in the years to come.

Environmental Governamce, NDA Government, environmental policies

"Analyzing Narendra Modi’s position on Environment: Reality or Rhetoric", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.e230-e241, September 2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109534.pdf

"Analyzing Narendra Modi’s position on Environment: Reality or Rhetoric", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppe230-e241, September 2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109534.pdf