Environmental and Socially Need For Sustainable Development in India Dr. Rathod Ramesh D. Head, Department of Sociology, Vaidyanath College, Parli-V. Dist. Beed (MS) Online published on 2 September, 2019. Abstract India is booming and sustainable development becomes increasingly more important. According to a United Nations report, India's population currently encompasses about 1.2 billion people and is expected to grow by another 300 million people within next couple of decades. With cities generating two thirds of countries economic output, an increasing number of Indians are leaving rural areas to seek employment in cities. To meet the challenges of continuing growth, without destroying environment and social harmony, city planning for sustainable development is crucial. Since from the beginning, the phenomenon of globalization has captured world attention in various ways. Hence the concept of sustainable development has gained importance. The central purpose of it is to create an enabling environment in which all human beings lead secure and creative lives. So to make the development truly sustainable, the village population and the city's poor population has to be provided with decent standard of living. The environment has to be protected. The women and other weaker sections of the society have to be empowered. In other words, the development has to be inclusive and also environmentally and socially sustainable. This paper focuses on the adverse effect of globalization on environment, and the need for socially sustainable development in India. Top Keywords Globalization, Sustainable development, Environmental Degradation, Biomass, Globalization, Epidemiology, Intellectual Property Rights, Economic Heterogeneity, Women empowerment. Top |