CONTENTS CHAPTER-I- Introduction- 1) Defining the Precautionary Principle –PG; 2) Untangling the Definition-PG; 3) Elucidation of principle-PG; 4) Chapterisation-PG; 5) Research and Methodology-PG; CHAPTER 2- The Evolution and Legal Status of Precautionary Principle; 1) Evolution and Conceptualization of Precautionary Principle-PG; 2) Recognition in International Treaties and Documents –PG; 3) Core Elements of Precautionary Thinking-PG; CHAPTER 3- Comparison between EU, US , Great Britain and India in its application; I) us and Precautionary Principle-PG; 2) European Regulations and the Precautionary Principle-PG; 3) UK and Environment-PG; 4) Precaution and India-PG; CHAPTER 4- The Indian Response; 1) India and Precautionary Principle-PG; 2) Judicial Pronouncements In India-PG; 3) Access of Precautionary principle in various sectors: Agro-biotechnology and application of Precautionary principle in India-PG; 4) Chemicals and Precautionary principle-PG ; 5) Administrative efforts and Precautionary principle-PG; CHAPTER 5- AELDS TYPICALLY CONCERNED BY THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE ARE THE POSSIBILITY OF: 1) Persistent or acute pollution-PG; 2) Climate change -PG ; 3) Threats to public health, due to new diseases and techniques.-PG; 4) Food safety-PG; 5) High energy physics and possibly catastrophic experiments-PG; 6) Other new biosafety issues (e.g., artificial life, new molecules)-PG; 7) The application of the principle can be seen in the public policy of requiring pharmaceutical companies to carry out chemicals pretesting-PG; CHAPTER 6- LIMITATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLE-PG; CHAPTER 7th -CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS; 1) Conclusions-PG; 2) SUGGESTIONS-Structural Implementation of the PP-PG; 3) Prospering with Precaution PG; 4) CONCLUSION –PG; 5) BIBLOGRAPHY