From Swachh Bharat to LiFE, the PM has given environmental agenda a distinctly Indian vocabulary rooted in Deendayal Upadhyaya’s integral humanism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, it is worth asking: What is his environmental philosophy, and what drives his environmentalism?

This question has often engaged me when I have heard him speak on cleanliness, water conservation, green energy, climate change, and ecological protection. He is perhaps the only PM who has spoken so consistently from the Red Fort about changing behaviour, practices, and policies to improve India’s environment.