Sustainable development in india

1. SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
IN INDIA
Submitted By:
ABHILASH K A

2. INTRODUCTION
 Tourism is a rapidly growing phenomenon and has become
one of the largest industries in the world. The impact of
tourism is extremely varied.
 On one hand, it plays an important and certainly positive
role in the socio-economic and political development in
destination countries by, for instance, offering new
employment opportunities.
 On the other hand, as a tool to create jobs, it has not fulfilled
its expectations. At the same time, complaints from tourist
destinations concerning massive negative impacts upon
environment, culture and resident’s ways of life have given
rise to a demand for a more sustainable development in
tourism.

5. Best Practices in Sustainability Tourism
Development
 Involve Local Residents and Communities in
Tourism Planning
 Establish Partnerships with Different Stakeholders
 Develop Products Based on the Destination's
Strengths
 Strengthen Local Capacity to Manage Tourism
 Use Guidelines to Limit Impact

6. POVERTY ERADICATION AND
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS:
 Restoring natural systems and improving natural
resource management practices at the grass root level
are central to a strategy to eliminate poverty.
 the process of sustainable development should be
guided by principles of inclusive social development
and protection and conservation of environment.
 The inclusive and social development will come only
when people displaced from their lands and
environmental resources are provided new
opportunities in the vicinity of their lost habitats.
 Basic education is a pre condition for
sustainable development.

7. PROTECTING AND CONSERVING NATURAL
RESOURCE BASE OF ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
 An environmental protection perspective must guide
the evaluation of all developmental projects,
recognizing the role of natural resources in local
livelihoods.
 To ensure the sustainability of natural resources base,
the recognition of all stakeholders in it and their roles in
its protection and management is essential.
 There is a need to establish well defined and
enforceable social rights and to ensure equal access
to land, water and other natural and biological
resources for these disadvantaged groups.

8. Contd..
 the appropriate mechanisms must be evolved to
make such consumption of biomass sustainable
through both resource management and
promotion of efficient and minimally polluting
technologies and alternatives which will progressively
reduce pressure on biomass, which cause
environmental degradation.
 The traditional approaches to natural resource
management such as protection of sacred
mangroves, ponds, water harvesting systems etc.
should be revived to recapture the ecological
wisdom.

9. An Overview of the Sustainable Development
Goals
 Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
 Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
 Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for
all at all ages
 Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
 Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls

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 Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all.
 Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
 Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment and
decent work for all
 Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
 Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

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 Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive,
safe, resilient and sustainable.
 Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns
 Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change
and its impacts
 Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans,
seas and marine resources for sustainable development
 Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use
of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests,
combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation
and halt biodiversity loss

12. INDIA’S PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT:
 There is a strong sense of progress made at
community level, where it matters. India has made
remarkable gains so far in sustainable development,
as measured, for example, in three summary
‘outcome’ indicators.
a. Life Expectancy India has achieved a decade’s gain,
which is a broad indicator of economic well-being with
social justice.
b. Literacy a third summary indicator is gains in literacy
among younger women, an indicator of future
generations’ well-being.

13. c. Forest Cover there has also been a rise in forest cover
despite the pressures on land use, which is a measure of
environmental sustainability. India is one of the few developing
countries where forest cover has increased over the last 20
years and continues to increase, although a slight dip is
reported in the latest data for 2011.
d. On all three counts, India has outpaced the ‘deltas’ on global
averages, although it could have done even better.
e. The Constitution of India and relevant amendments that have
been incorporated over the years, reinforce the policy and legal
basis of sustainable development in India. The pillars of
sustainable development are embedded in the fundamental
rights guaranteed by the Constitution, which lay down the
framework for social justice in India.

14. f. Article 21 conferring the Right to Life has been assigned
the broadest interpretations by the judiciary to encompass
the right to a clean environment, right to livelihood, right to
live with dignity, and a number of other associated rights.
g. The National Environment Policy 2006-has attempted to
mainstream environmental concerns in all developmental
activities. The Government of India, through its various
policies, has been factoring ecological concerns into the
development process so that economic development can
be achieved without permanently damaging the
environment

15. INDIA INTIATED
 National Solar Mission: The program Seeks to deploy
20,000 MW of solar electricity capacity in the country by 2020.
The first phase (2010-12) is currently underway during which
1,000 MW is planned to be installed, and about Rs. 4,337
crore will be spent on it.
 National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency: This
mission aims to create new institutional mechanisms to
enable the development and Energy Efficiency strengthening
of energy efficiency markets.
 National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: It has been
envisioned to promote the introduction of sustainable
transport, energy-efficient buildings, sustainable Habitat and
sustainable waste management in cities. About Rs. 1,000
crore would be needed to realise these goals.

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 National Water Mission: This mission is to promote the integrated
management of water resources and increase water use efficiency
by 20 per cent, and a whopping Rs. 89,101 crore will be spent on it.
 National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system: The
Himalayas, as grand they are, are also a relatively new ecosystem
and too fragile at that. This program, therefore, establishes an
observational and monitoring network for Himalayan glaciers, and
looks forward to promote community- based management of
ecosystems.
 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture: The focus of this
mission is on enhancing productivity and resilience of agriculture, in
order to reduce vulnerability to extremes of weather, long dry spells,
flooding, and variable moisture availability. It will invite a total
investment of Rs. 108,000 crore.