Polluter Pays Principle : Environment for UPSC Exams
Polluter Pays Principle : Environment for UPSC Exams
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The 'polluter pays' principle is the commonly accepted practice that those who produce pollution should bear the costs of managing it to prevent damage to human health or the environment.
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For instance, a factory that produces a potentially poisonous substance as a byproduct of its activities is usually held responsible for its safe disposal
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It is regarded as a regional custom because of the strong support it has received in most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and European Community (EC) countries
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The Polluter Pays principle was propounded in the OECD Guiding Principles Concerning International Economic Aspects of Environmental Policies, 1972.
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India has time and again vouched for the implementation of ‘Polluter Pays’ principle on international carbon emissions.
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Further, Ex-Chief Justice of India Thakur had said that an international framework should be evolved to apply the polluter pays principle to advanced economies like the U.S.