India with an area of 3.3 million sq. km., is a subcontinent. It is the second most populated country in the world, with over one billion inhabitants. The relative size versus populations plays a significant role, because there are many Indian’s who rely on land to raise animals and crops for survival. There are 16 official languages in India. Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people, and English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Unjabi, Assamese, Dashmire, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language. Economically, India is doing very well. According to an on-line resource, “India has the eighth largest economy, and is considered one of the ten most industrialized countries in the world.”1 Economic growth in India has been at an average rate of 5%-7% over the past 10 years.

Any serious attempt at reducing India’s greatest challenge of poverty requires sustain

It would be beneficial to India if this conference followed a clear agenda. It would first be best if each country stated their specific achievements in promoting a better environment, followed by their needs to improve environmental quality. Once these achievements and needs have been disclosed a committee would be set up for each need or similar needs. The head(s) of these “need” committees would be the country(s) with the similar achievement in that area. The body of the committee would be composed of the countries that need guidance in that particular domain.

India’s request for a treaty would state its need for a committee to look at ways of building the capacity of NGO’s and the civil society. Specifically, India would like to request a committee to build a program that has the best practices for disseminating information effectively to civil society. Reorganization of NGO’s to make them stronger nationally and instruction on ways to effectively capture the attention of civil society, is an additional need.

India would like to request a committee be built to research other forms of environmentally safe fuels, and power generation techniques. Instead of continuing to use coal and petroleum as major sources of fuel, India would like to explore cleaner alternatives that will be able to stay abreast with India’s rapidly increasing population. An educated committee with a strong background in efficient energy production and consumption techniques would be able to instruct India as to the best forms and alternatives for future power generation needs.

Another area where capacity building would greatly reduce pollution in India is through research on modern energy production and consumption techniques. According to an on-line resource titled India: Environmental Issues, “Coal accounts for just over 50% of India’s energy consumption. The power generation sector uses the majority of this coal, with heavy industry a distant second. Petroleum makes up 34.4% of India’s energy consumption.”7 India’s rapidly increasing population will also lead to an increase in electricity demand, taxing the already straining power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, putting pressure on the power sector to add new capacity to the system.

Therefore, India’s second request for the treaty the formation of a committee to build the capacities of India’s farming community and scientists. This committee would have the task of researching modern farming systems, and techniques, and implementing them in farms of India. In addition to modernized farming methods available the biotechnology techniques available are important for Indian scientist’s education.

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