Are environmental concerns ever top of the agenda as far as elections in India are concerned? Well, the good news is that (unlike previous elections), both leading national parties, namely, the Congress and the BJP, have separate sections related to issues such as forest, tribal rights and clean air, in their respective manifestos.

A cursory glance at their manifestos shows that while the national parties finally appear to allude to the green cause, the devil lies in the detail.

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