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years after the beginning of Independence, India continues to struggle to meet the basic needs of much ofits population. There remains widespread poverty, hunger, malnutrition, unemployment, inequality and other socio-economic deprivations. Additionally, there are increasing indications of ecological unsustainability. A fundamentally flawed model of development, its flaws heightened in the post-1991 phase of economic globalization, is part of the cause. As a counter-current, however, peoples’ initiatives at sustainable and equitable well-being in various sectors are growing and some policy shifts have also taken place in this direction. Building on this, an alternative framework of well-being is proposed, here called Radical Ecological Democracy. This involves a new political governance with decentralized decision-making embedded within larger, ecologically and culturally defined landscapes, a new economics that respects ecological limits and democratizes both production and consumption, and a new cultural and knowledge-based society that values diversity, collective synergism, and public innovation. The combination of peoples’resistance to destructive development and alternative, solution-based initiatives, with support from other sections of society, can make India a key actor towards a sustainable, just, and equitable world.  \nKeywords: Sustainability, Democracy, Equity  \nZusammenfassung  \n65 Jahre nach Beginn der Unabhängigkeit kämpft Indien weiterhin darum, den Grundbedürfnissen des Großteils seiner Bevölkerung gerechtzu werden. Noch immer sind Armut, Hunger, Unterernährung, Arbeitslosigkeit, Ungleichheit und andere sozioökonomische Entbehrungen weit verbreitet. Darüber hinausgibt es zunehmende Hinweise darauf, dass die Ökologie nicht nachhaltig ist. Ein grundlegend fehlerhaftes Entwicklungsmodell, dessen Mängel in der Phase der wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung (nach 1991), zunahmen, ist Teil der Ursache.  \nAls Gegenströmung wachsen in der Bevölkerung allerdings die Initiativenfür nachhaltiges und gerechtes Wohlergehenin verschiedenen Bereichen und es haben bereits auch einige politische Veränderungen in diese Richtung stattgefunden. Darauf aufbauend wird ein alternativer Rahmen des Wohlbefindens vorgeschlagen, hier als Radikale Ökologische Demokratie bezeichnet. Dieser beinhaltet eine neue politische Regierung mit  \ndezentraler Entscheidungsfindung, eingebettet in größere, ökologisch und kulturell definierte Landschaften, eine neue Wirtschaft, die ökologische Grenzen respektiert und sowohl Produktion als auch Verbrauch demokratisiert sowie eine neue Kultur- und Wissensgesellschaft, welche Vielfalt, gemeinsame Synergie und öffentliche Innovation schätzt.  \nDie Kombination aus dem Widerstand der Bevölkerung gegen zerstörerische Entwicklung und alternativen lösungsbasierten Initiativen, mit Unterstützung aus anderen Teilen der Gesellschaft, kann Indien zu einem Schlüsselakteur hin zu einernachhaltigen, gerechten und gleichberechtigten Welt machen. Schlüsselworte: Nachhaltigkeit, Demokratie, Gerechtigkeit  \nHeadlong towards unsustainability and conflict  \nIndia, like the world at large, is on a dangerous path of unsustainability and inequity. While a couple of hundred million people have undoubtedly benefited from 65 years of post-Independence ‘development’, several hundred million others continue to suffer from deprivations ofone or the other kind. Depending on which measure one takes and whose estimates one believes, anything between a quarter and three-quarters of India’s population suffers from economic poverty, malnutrition and undernutrition, lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, unemployment or underemployment, inadequate shelter, and other such situations that are violations of minimum standards of human rights and well-being. These are often so serious as to cause irreversible health damage, prema","cbCaikIGCiZuszbt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikIGCiZuszbt","pdf",1101983,"English","# Abstract\n## Core challenges: poverty, inequality, unsustainability\n## Proposed framework: Radical Ecological Democracy\n## Key elements: governance, economics, culture\n## Risks and reinforcing cycles","[{\"question\":\"What main problems does the abstract describe about India after Independence?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights persistent poverty, hunger, malnutrition, unemployment, inequality, and related socio-economic deprivations, alongside growing ecological unsustainability.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text link development and ecological unsustainability?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that a fundamentally flawed development model—worsened during the post-1991 globalization phase—contributes to ecological damage and its socio-economic impacts.\"},{\"question\":\"What is Radical Ecological Democracy, according to the proposal?\",\"answer\":\"It is an alternative well-being framework combining decentralized political governance in ecologically and culturally defined landscapes, an economics that respects ecological limits, and a cultural knowledge society valuing diversity and public innovation.\"}]","Towards Radical Ecological Democracy - Abstract - 1 | PDF",18]