Population,development,and environment in India

High population growth and continued economic development have caused serious environmental damage in the Asia Pacific region. However, the recent experience is that the pace of environmental degradation is faster in developing countries than in developed countries. To this end, the study seeks to assess the impact of population pressure on India’s environment, with particular reference to the degradation of natural endowments like land and water resources and the resultant environmental pollution in the six regions of India. The rapid economic growth and expansion of infrastructure development in recent decades have not come without serious environmental consequences particularly in the southern, northern, and western regions. But in the eastern, north-eastern, and central regions of the country, environmental damage has been mainly due to rapid population growth.