Three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by Industrial development in India are: Energy lite of waste water discharged by one industry pollutes eight times the quantity of fresh water. . Minimising use of water for procuring by reusing and recycling it in two or more successive stages. . Harvesting of rain water can be dense to meet water requirement. . Treating hot water and effluents before releasing them in rivers and ponds. . Particulate matter in the air can be reduced by fitting smoke stacks to factories with electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, scrubbers and inertial separaters. . Smoke can be reduced by using oil or natural gas instead of coal in the factories. . Machinery and equipments can be used and generators should be fitted with silencers. . Almost all machineries can be redesigned to increase energy efficiency and reduce noise.