To start with, some facts:
• India is the world's sixth largest and second fastest growing producer of greenhouse gases.
• Delhi , Mumbai and Chennai are three of the world's ten most polluted cities.
• Two-thirds of city dwellers lack sewerage; one-third lack potable water.
• India urban population grows equivalent of another New York City every year. This equals to a projected urban population of over 500 million in 20 years.
Pollution and destruction of natural resources have reached such dimensions in India that in some regions they pose an imminent risk to human health. Reasons lie on the one hand in poverty and underdevelopment, on the other hand in rapid and sometime uncontrolled
industrialization and urbanization. Urban conglomerations as well as rural areas are increasingly affected.
Regarding these facts, India and Germany consider sustainable environmental development as the overall goal of a development policy. Germany is already making a considerable contribution in strengthening India 's environmental management through supporting development projects related to environmental management, involving technical cooperation projects and financial cooperation projects.
National river conservation directorate (NRCD)
DONOR PRIORITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The International Human Development Programme (IHDP)
Winrock International India
NGO'S PRIORITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
Development Alternatives (DA)
The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi
The Small Industries Pollution Problem
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