EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The fundamental duty of each citizen regarding environment is given in our constitution under Article 51A(g). It states, “It should be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for the living creatures”. Q.

Detailed explanation-2: -(h) to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform; (i) to safeguard public property and to abjure violence; (j) to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.

Detailed explanation-3: -A clause was added to Article 51A that states “who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years."

Detailed explanation-4: -Article 48A imposes a duty on State to protect the environment from pollution by adopting various measures. Article 51A (g): The Article 51 A(g) states that it shall be the duty of each and every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment that includes lakes, rivers, forests, and wildlife.

Detailed explanation-5: -Article 48A, interalia, provides that the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment. Similarly Article 51A(g), inter alia, casts a duty on every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment.