{"id":1390,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/write-short-note-on-the-significance-of-chipko-movement-upsc-psir-2019-2603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:26","slug":"write-short-note-on-the-significance-of-chipko-movement-upsc-psir-2019-2603","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/write-short-note-on-the-significance-of-chipko-movement-upsc-psir-2019-2603\/","title":{"rendered":"Write short note on the significance of Chipko Movement."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> 1973 Garhwal, tree-hugging against commercial felling <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> significance = ecology tied to livelihood (\u201cEcology is economy\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Open on its layered character <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> not a single-issue protest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> environmental + peasant + women\u2019s + regional at once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Layered character <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> women at the core <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> early ecofeminism (forest loss raises women\u2019s fuel\/fodder\/water burden) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the poor suffer most from degradation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Guha<\/b>\u2019s \u201cenvironmentalism of the poor\u201d (survival, not leisure) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Shiva<\/b> &amp; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bandyopadhyay<\/b>: a revival of \u201cforest satyagraha\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> concrete impact: 15-year felling ban + National Forest Policy, 1988 + inspired Appiko and Narmada Bachao Andolan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Guha<\/b>\u2019s later assessment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> forests, rivers and water tables kept declining after Chipko <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> structural change limited, dominant development model largely intact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Lasting worth = binding ecology to survival + a Gandhian, non-violent template.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Impact lies more in awareness and precedent than in transforming the development model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[67],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1390","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-social-movements","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4802,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1390\/revisions\/4802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}