Abhiveer Gulati
Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Delhi

MLA 8
Gulati, Abhiveer. "Environmental Protection or Economic Prosperity? Testing the Inevitability of Trade-offs in India." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 8, Aug. 2026, pp. 3777-3791, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.011. Accessed Aug. 2026.
APA 6
Gulati, A. (2026, August). Environmental Protection or Economic Prosperity? Testing the Inevitability of Trade-offs in India. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(8), 3777-3791. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.011
Chicago
Gulati, Abhiveer. "Environmental Protection or Economic Prosperity? Testing the Inevitability of Trade-offs in India." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 8 (August 2026), 3777-3791. Accessed August, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.011.

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