Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context
The idea of sustainable development
State the Brundtland definition.
After World War II, 'development' meant economic growth: rising GNP and per capita income.
In the 1970s, 'redistribution with growth' and equity (fair shares) were added. By the 1980s, social well-being (health, education, quality of life) was included too.
At the same time, worries about the environment grew. Ehrlich's book 'The Population Bomb' (1968) and the report 'The Limits to Growth' (1972) warned that growth could not go on forever on a limited planet.
The United Nations set up the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), led by Gro Harlem Brundtland. Its report, 'Our Common Future' (1987), defined the idea that guides us today:
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Grow now, but leave enough for later.
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