NCERT Solution: Development
(i) Control the rate of increasing population.
(ii) Use of latest technology, irrigation facility, chemical fertilizers, and all information should be provided to farmers.
(iii) New economic policy, international trade, liberalization and globalization should be adopted sincerely and effectively.
(iv) Adequate facilities related with infrastructure, education, health, electricity, water, transport etc should be provided to all people of all regions and areas.
Per capita income is the main criteria used by World Bank.
Limitations of per capita income:
o It enables to show how income is distributed among the people of the country.
o Cost of pollution is not considered in this average.
o Some other important aspects like infant mortality rate, literacy rate, net attendance ratio etc are not considered while calculating per capita income.
Sustainable development may be defined as development that meets the need of the present generation
without compromising the need of ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. Environment
and economy are inter-dependent and complementary to each other. Hence the process of development
should not ignore environmental issues.
The main features of sustainable development are as follow:
(i) It stresses meeting the needs of the present generation and future generation.
(ii) There should be restraints on wasteful luxurious consumption pattern.
(iii) Efforts should be made to invent environment friendly technology.
(iv) Fast growing population should be effectively checked
Human development index is the cumulative measurement of the overall development of the people
of a country.
It was prepared by United Nation Development Organization and it is published by UNDP.
The basic components of human development index are as follow:
a. Life expectancy at birth- It denotes average expected length of life of a person at the time of
birth. It is measured in terms of life expectancy in years.
b. Literacy- It is measured by gross enrolment ratio for three levels means enrolment ratio for
primary school, secondary school and higher education beyond secondary school.
Per capita income- It is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is
also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any
country.