1. Economic growth is an increase in a country's ability to produce goods and services over time. 2. Benefits of economic growth include rising living standards, more jobs, increased capital investment, and more tax revenue for the government to spend on public services. 3. However, economic growth also places pressure on the environment as natural resources are used up in production and pollution increases. Common types of environmental degradation caused by economic growth include air, water, soil, and noise pollution.

1. LESSON PLAN OF ECONOMICS
IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ON
ENVIRONMENT
SUBMITTED BY:
KAMALJIT SINGH
ROLL NO.- 1624536

2. Meaning & Definition of
Environment
Meaning:-
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or
plant lives or operate.
Definition:-
According to Environment Protection Act, 1986
Environment includes water, and land and the
interrelationship that exists among and between water, air
and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants,
micro orgasm and property.

3. ECONOMIC GROWTH
MEANING:-
Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an
economy to produce goods & services compared from
one period to another.

4. Benefits of Economic Growth
 Standard of living of the people will increase
Economy growth is an important point to bring better living
standards and lower rates of poverty. The average income
of people can said that increases and indirectly people able
to consume more and motivate the economic growth
increasing.

5. Benefits…..
 Rising Employment
Economic growth stimulates employment. The
economic growth produces more vacancies for job
and bring better standard of living to them.

6. Benefits…..
 Increased capital investment.
Economic growth can used to increasing the capital investment.

7. Benefits…..
 Benefit to Government
Economic growth brings advanced tax incomes for the
government, Because of this, the government spends
less unemployment benefits.

8. Benefits…..
 Superior public services.
Due to government got government income as economy
growth, it can spend more on public services like
education for contributing in superior public services.

9. Effects of Economic Growth on
Environment
Natural resources are essential input for
production in many sectors, while
production & consumption also lead to
pollution &other pressure on the
environment. Natural resources are
limited. So adverse usage of natural
resources has negative effect on
environment.

10. Environmental Degradation Types
More & more usage of resources become a cause of
environmental degradation.
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Noise Pollution

11. Air Pollution
Air pollution refers to the release of pollutants into the
air that are detrimental to human health & the plants
as a whole. Causes – Greenhouse gas, Hazardous Air
Pollutants, smog.

12. Water Pollution
Water pollution may consist of chemicals introduced
into the water bodies as a result of various human
activities.

13. Soil Pollution
Any undesirable change in the physical, chemical or
biological properties of the soil, which is harmful to
environment, living organisms and plants, is called ‘soil
pollution’.

14. Noise Pollution
Noise pollution basically happen because of
industrialization, transportation, construction activities etc.