Which of the following is NOT correct about the concept of sustainable development?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4: It goes into the causes of unsustainable development in the past.
It goes into the causes of unsustainable development in the past. — Incorrect, because sustainable development is mainly concerned with present and future development strategies rather than analysing past causes.
Sustainable development mainly focuses on meeting present needs while conserving resources for future generations and balancing economic, social, and environmental aspects.
NCERT: Sustainable development takes care of ecological, social and economic aspects of development during the present times and pleads for conservation of resources to enable the future generations to use these resources. It takes into account the development of whole human kind which have common future.