How do the following factors contribute to the environmental crisis in India? What problem do they pose for the government?
Affluent consumption standards.
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Affluent Consumption Standards: The recent influence of the West and a rise in purchasing power of the middle class has led to affluent consumption standards and unnecessary luxuries with a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption have increased. This has resulted into pressure on resources like petroleum, electricity etc, needed to fulfil the demand for such lifestyle. Equipments such as air conditioners are contributing to global warming due to the carbon emissions from them.
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