Death Economics: A Study of Cremation Cost on Household and Human Burial on Environment

Human being on average spends 30.9 years (United Nations, 2018) on Mother Earth. In his entire life he is supported by nature in terms of food, oxygen and water to name a few. At time of his death it is one’s obligation to go back to the nature. Broadly there are two ways devised by human being cremation or the earth burial. The present paper wishes to study the impact of cremation on regional air quality and health risks for surrounding residents within the 100 meter area of the Nigambodh (Kashmere Gate) crematorium ground by using the difference and difference technique (DID). Also, it tries to analyze the impact of cremation cost among the rural and urban households in the light of income inequality and increased number of person in a family. Lastly, it focuses on the opportunity cost of burial land (a scare resource with alternative usage). But due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic it is very difficult for a researcher to do the field survey so I am restricting my study with the available sources of secondary data.