Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Planning and development in Indian Context

Question:
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Which concept is being discussed here?
Options:
Ecological Development
Long term development
Sustaining Development
Sustainable Development
Correct Answer:
Sustainable Development
Explanation:
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. TheBrundtland report defines sustainable development as a “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.