Prepared by:

Sandip Singh
 You have to decide whether development means affluence or whether
Development means peace, prosperity and happiness.
Sunderlal Bahugu
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs
while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the
present, but also for generations to come.

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural
systems with the social challenges facing humanity.

• Why do we need Sustainable Development???

Because the need for development is as great as ever, yet out environment foot print
and impact is increasing.

• Sustainable Development In Developing countries :

Sustainable development in developing countries takes on important social and

economic ramifications, since the countries are not developed so much there are some
of the problems like,. Resources, land, etc.

After Independence several development efforts in India created a lot of mess with
misguided policies. The immediate task in front of us is to clean up this mess. We
have 50 crores people living in rural areas excluding rich-to do households. Here the
resources are limited for these people. From a population of 100 crores 70% of the
people are poor. Majority of the lands are owned by them are categorized as
wastelands.
On the whole, the present natural resources endowment in this region appears quite
blank. Even though we talk about privatization, there is no real investment in
agriculture.

In developed countries, energy needs are looked as the availability of gas and
electricity.

Sustainable development in India now encompasses a variety of development

schemes in social, sustainable agriculture, and in human resource segments.
India is expected to begin the greening of its natural income accounting, making
deletion in natural resources with a key component in its measurement of GDP.

As per a report by UN Environment Program (UNEP), 'Global Trends in Sustainable

Energy Investment 2010', released on July 2010, India was ranked eighth in the world
in terms of investment in sustainable energy. The report further stated that India
invested around US$ 2.7 billion in sustainable energy in 2009.

Wind energy attracted 59 per cent of financial investment in clean energy in India.
India was placed fifth in the world for installed wind power during the year.

Biomass and waste was the second largest sector recipient of investment, generating
US$ 0.6 billion of new financial investment or 22 per cent of the total.

Government Initiatives

• In the Union Budget 2010-11, the government announced the setting up of the
National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) for funding research and innovative projects
in clean technologies.
• The plan outlay for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been
increased by 61 per cent, from US$ 134.7 million in 2009-10 to US$ 217.2
million in 2010-11.
• The Urban Development Ministry has launched a US$ 300 million green urban
transport project called the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP). Under
the project, green urban transport will be introduced in select cities to overcome
pollution and other hazards.
• Orissa is the first state to have formulated the climate change plan.