Industrial Disasters — Amendments

Amendment	Year	Description	Impact
42nd Amendment	1976	Added Article 48A (Directive Principle for environmental protection) and Article 51A(g) (Fundamental Duty to protect environment). These provisions were added during the Emergency period and reflected growing global environmental consciousness following the 1972 Stockholm Conference.	Provided constitutional foundation for environmental protection laws and established shared responsibility between state and citizens for environmental conservation, directly relevant to industrial disaster prevention and response