International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 6 2012 June 2 An Overview of Green Supply Chain Management in India 77 82 EN Mostafa M.Rady 1 Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 63514-Fayoum, EGYPT Water Relations and Field Irrigation Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, 12622 EGYPT MaybelleS. Gaballah 2 Murthy B.R.N. 1 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, INDIA Lewlyn L.R.Rodrigues 2 Anjaiah Devineni 3 Ipatova V.M. 1 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny 141700, RUSSIA Singh Shachi 1 Center for Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, INDIA Agbo G.A. 1 Faculty of Physical Sciences, Industrial Physics Department, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, NIGERIA Ibeh G.F. 2 Ekpe J.E. 3 Magarajan U. 1 School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore– 632 014, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Thundilkaruppa RajR. 2 Elango T. 3 Khani Hamid 1 Sama Technical and Vocational Training College, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr Branch, Qaemshahr, IRAN YazdaniQanbar Ali 2 Department of Accounting, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IRAN Nasiripour A. 1 Department of Health Services Administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN Afshar KazemiM. 2 Department of Industrial Management, Tehran markaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN Izadi A. 3 Department of Health Services Administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN Idris M.A. 1 Idris O.F. and Sabahelkhier M.K.Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Dongola, SUDAN O.F. Idris 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and technology EL-Neelain University, SUDAN Sabahelkhier M.K. 3 Raval A.A. 1 Department of Microbiology, Arts, Science and Commerce College, Kamrej Cross Roads, Surat, INDIA Desai P.B. 2 Dept. of Microbiology, Shree Ramkrishna Inst. of Applied Sciences, MTB College Campus, Athwalines, Surat, INDIA Parihar S.S. 1 Department of life sciences, ITM University Gwalior, MP, INDIA Kumar Ajit 2 Centre for Biotechnology, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana, INDIA Kumar Ajay 3 College of life sciences (CHRI), Gwalior, MP, INDIA Gupta R.N. 4 Department of P.G. Studies and Research Chemistry, Govt. S.L.P. College, Gwalior, MP, INDIA Pathak Manoj 5 Shrivastav Archana 6 Pandey A.C 7 Bhise R.M. 1 Dept of Chemical Enggineering TKIET,Warananagar, Kolhapur, MS, INDIA Patil A.A. 2 Raskar A.R. 3 Patil P.J. 4 Deshpande D.P. 5 Agrawal Priyanka 1 Department of physics, B. S. A. College, Mathura 281004, INDIA Rathi S.K. 2 Department of physics, B.S.A.C.E.T., Mathura 281004, INDIA Verma A.S. 3 Department of physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, INDIA Nimawat Dheeraj 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Singhania University, Pacheri Bari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, INDIA Namdev Vishal 2 Government Engineering College Jhalawar, Rajasthan, INDIA > Review Paper 2012 3 19 2012 June 2 The green supply chain management (GSCM) is a powerful way to differentiate a company fromits competitors and it can greatly influence the plan success. With increased awareness to corporate responsibility and the requirement to meet the terms with environmental policy, green supply chain management (GSCM) is becoming increasingly important for Indian manufacturers. Companies that have adopted GSCM practices with a focus on distribution activities have successfully improved their business and environmental performance on many levels. Today’s also some of remaining companies have not adopted green supply chain management, due to this environmental performance index (EPI) ranking of India is not good. Today’s environmental performance index (EPI) of India and the major four activities of the green supply chain management; namely green purchasing, green manufacturing, green marketing and reverse logistics are being covered throughout the paper. Copyright@ International Science Community Association