Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari; Dr. Subhan Quraishi; Dr. Babita Ghodke

Volume : II, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari, Dr. Subhan Quraishi, Dr. Babita Ghodke

Abstract :

Even before Indian independence in 1947, several environmental legislations existed but the real impetus for inging about a well–developed framework came only after the UN Conference on the Human Environment. Under the influence of this declaration, the National Council for Environmental Policy and Planning within the Department of Science and Technology was set up in 1972. This Council later evolved into a full–fledged Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985 which today is the apex administrative body in the country for regulating and ensuring environmental protection. After the Stockholm Conference, in 1976, Constitutional sanction was given to environmental concerns through the 42nd Amendment, which incorporated them into the Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Rights and Duties.Since the 1970s an extensive network of environmental legislation has grown in the country. The pollution control boards (CPCB Central Pollution Control Board and SPCBs State Pollution Control Boards) form the regulatory and administrative core of the sector. A policy framework has also been developed to complement the legislative provisions. The Policy Statement for Abatement of Pollution and the National Conservation Strategy and Policy Statement on Environment and Development were ought out by the MOEF in 1992, to develop and promote initiatives for the protection and improvement of the environment. The EAP (Environmental Action Program) was formulated in 1993 with the objective of improving environmental services and integrating environmental considerations in to development programmes’. Other measures have also been taken by the government to protect and preserve the environment. Several sector–specific policies have evolved, which are discussed at length.