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Instilling Self-Sustainment: The Key Survival Strategy Amid the Pandemic

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After a hundred years, another epidemic has touched the global community and challenges the platinum grade science and technology development. The COVID-19 did not spare the people belonging to the developed world or developing countries. The corona virus has cautioned us about our unhealthy lifestyle, breathing polluted air, consuming pesticides filled vegetables and fruits, drinking untreated water and questions our pathetic immunity status. The pandemic effect has made us realize our bad food habits, non-eco-friendly working environments, and our actions leading to the devastation of nature. This pandemic has given a lesson not to leave the ancient knowledge of texts scientifically, using traditional medicine for a healthy life, and live a pro-environment lifestyle. This chapter explores the traditional sources of rich knowledge and critically examines its uses for a sustainable environment, a sustainable lifestyle, and will develop a sustainable green earth.

Keywords

  • Atmanirbhar Bharat
  • Pro-environment
  • Sustainable development
  • AYUSH
  • Green earth

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See BBC News dated 15 September 2020). Visit: https://www.bbc.com/news/england/london.

  2. 2.

    See the Mahabharata, Chapter Shanti Parva, Para 265,

    figure a
  3. 3.

    See the Mahabharata, Chapter Shanti Parva, Para 321,

    figure b
  4. 4.

    See the Deccan herald dated August 23, 2020, available under the URL: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-unlock-30-rules-india-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bengaluru-chennai-ahmedabad-new-delhi-total-cases-deaths-recoveries-today-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-vaccine-updates-869265.html#3.

  5. 5.

    See Mygovt dated 24 September 2020, URL: https://www.mygov.in/campaigns/stip-2020/.

  6. 6.

    See the Guardian dated 30 April 2020, report entitled ‘UK - Clean air in Europe during lockdown leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’ which is available under the URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths.

  7. 7.

    See the New York Times dated 17 June 2020, URL: https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2020/06/17/todays-new-york-times.

  8. 8.

    See the Guardian dated 30 April 2020, URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths.

  9. 9.

    See the NDTV Report dated 17 August 2020, URL: https://www.ndtv.com/topic/news-reporting.

  10. 10.

    See the NDTV Reports, 10 July 2020. https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/world-environment-day-2020-this-is-how-the-environment-is-healing-during-the-covid-19-lockdown-45613/.

  11. 11.

    See Britannica, URL: https://www.britannica.com/science/science.

  12. 12.

    See the Official Website of the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India: https://health.ncog.gov.in/ayush-covid-dashbaord/.

  13. 13.

    See the Economic Times dated 15 September 2020 on ‘MSP will stay, farmers will get investment, technology: Govt on farm sector bills’.

  14. 14.

    See the Atmanirbhar Program’s Campaign by the Government of India which is available under the URL: https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/building-atmanirbhar-bharat-overcoming-covid-19#:~:text=Government%20of%20India%20is%20taking,threats%20posed%20by%20COVID%2D19.&text=The%20Five%20pillars%20of%20Atmanirbhar,Infrastructure.

  15. 15.

    See the Economic Times dated 8 August 2020. Delhi, available under the URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/minimum-support-price-mechanism-for-farmers-will-continue-agriculture-minister-narendra-singh-tomar/articleshow/78170493.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst.

  16. 16.

    See the Economic Times dated 17 September 2020, available under the URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/minimum-support-price-mechanism-for-farmers-will-continue-agriculture-minister-narendra-singh-tomar/articleshow/78170493.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst.

  17. 17.

    See the Economic Times dated 18 September 2020, available under the URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/rahul-bhasin-on-how-covid-could-prove-to-be-a-game-changer-for-it/articleshow/78186611.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst.

  18. 18.

    See the India Today dated 13 July 2020, available under the URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/google-announces-india-digitization-fund-will-invest-rs-75-000-crore-in-india-in-5-7-years-1700056-2020-07-13#:~:text=Google%20CEO%20Sundar%20Pichai%20on%20Monday%20announced%20that.%20as%20part,of%20Google’s%20digital%20India%20mission.

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Kumar, S., Kumar, R. (2021). Instilling Self-Sustainment: The Key Survival Strategy Amid the Pandemic. In: Mishra, M., Singh, R.B. (eds) COVID-19 Pandemic Trajectory in the Developing World. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6440-0_14

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