The NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY 2006 (NEP) of India enunciates which CARDINAL PRINCIPLES?

1. The National Environment Policy 2006 was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 2. It articulates several KEY PRINCIPLES for environmental governance: 3. (i) HUMAN BEINGS at centre of sustainable development; (ii) RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT to meet needs of present and future generations; (iii) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION integral to development; (iv) PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; (v) ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; (vi) ENTITIES WITH INCOMPARABLE VALUE (some natural entities need absolute protection); (vii) EQUITY (intra and intergenerational); (viii) LEGAL LIABILITY (Polluter Pays Principle); (ix) PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE; (x) DECENTRALIZATION; (xi) INTEGRATION across policies and sectors; (xii) ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD SETTING; (xiii) PREVENTIVE ACTION (better than cure); (xiv) ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETTING. 4. Hence option B is correct. _Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution of India / Stockholm/Rio/Paris / Indian SC environmental jurisprudence — National Environment Policy 2006, Government of India_