SHIP-BREAKING INDUSTRY IN INDIA: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND LEGAL POSITION
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Ship-Breaking, Recycling, Hazardous Waste, BASEL Convention, Environment Protection ActAbstract
Not all ships die a hero like Titanic, most of the ships go off to dismantling yards for the process of scrapping the ferrous and non-ferrous items of a ship. In contrast to the ship-making industries, ship-breaking is labour intensive and finds its home where there is cheap abundant labour to offer. Such labour intensive work is suitable for places like India, China and Bangladesh where there is a quest for development. It not only generated employment but also gives impetus to many local industries. However, this came at the price of the environment and labour welfare owing to the hazardous substance present in those wasteful ships. This paper argues that how the negative externalities have subdued the economic benefits the onset of the ship-breaking industry was supposed to give and how environmental menace outweighs the benefits. This paper has also shown legal aspects and environmental aspects, and how the shipbreaking industry, owing to many perils involved, has become a case of a mere numerical growth without development.
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