Environmental Sustainability for Inclusive Rural Development in India
| International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science |
| © 2022 by SSRG - IJAES Journal |
| Volume 9 Issue 1 |
| Year of Publication : 2022 |
| Authors : Dr. Nazeerudin |
10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V9I1P101
How to Cite?
Dr. Nazeerudin, "Environmental Sustainability for Inclusive Rural Development in India," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-3, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V9I1P101
Abstract:
India’s commitment to planned economic development reflects the government’s determination to improve the economic condition of its people and an affirmation of the role of the government in bringing about this outcome through a variety of social, economic, and institutional means1. India’s First Five Year Plan (1951-56) was aimed at economic stabilization and investment in the agrarian sector. This Plan supported community development aimed at transforming the social and economic conditions of the villages. The Second Five Year Plan initiated structural transformation with an emphasis on heavy industrialization. The first two plans laid the foundation for development planning in India. At the centre of India’s current development strategy is raising the rates of economic growth and enabling inclusion. Raising the rates of investment is a key driver to economic growth as well as structural transformation, and investing in infrastructure is expected to remove constraints to growth. Natural capital or environmental resources are an important complement to such planned investment in achieving development goals. In the above setting, this paper is structured to critically examine the rural development programmes to provide environmental benefits and also argued that there is a need of the hour to sustain ecological base for the future rural economic growth, which ensures the rural livelihood of the poor of the fragile regions of the country.
Keywords:
Environment, Sustainability, Inclusive, Rural Development, Resources.
References:
[1] Rural Development in India, UNDP India Published in India., 1 (2012)
[2] Niti Ayog Govt of India Reports