Regarding population, it doesn't even matter, every individual only needs to take the responsibility to clean his OWN mess, the whole nation's cleanliness will take care of itself.
The possibility of Indians taking ownership is next to impossible. We Indians love the idea of blaming others for everything.
Are you also deflecting responsibility here? Do you mean, I won't take responsibility for myself because rest Indians are irresponsible?
Look, most people are conformist, the way current situation goes, one throws garbage anywhere, others do same, we must get out of this circle and make people conform to do the right thing or at least make a change with oneself and hope for a ripple effect.