00949pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002000040245004300060260000900103300001600112362001100128520057200139650003300711650002500744773003400769180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKothari, Ashish  aDraft national environment policy 2004  c2004  ap.4723-727.  a23 Oct  aThe draft NEP's diagnosis of the environmental crisis in India contains a fair assessment of the institutional, policy and other failings that have brought this about. However, it falls seriously short of pointing to fundamental changes required in development and planning with regard to natural resources that would put India onto a path of sustainable development. Moreover, it has been formulated in a largely non-participatory manner, failing to involve most sections of the populace who depend on natural resources for life and livelihood reasons. - Reproduced.  aEnvironmental policy - India  aEnvironmental policy  aEconomic and Political Weekly