Tuesday, June 28, 2011

In search of sustainable growth


By Shankar Sharma
24 Jun 2011


The policymakers say that to eradicate poverty, India needs to grow at the rate of 9 percent for the next 20 years. But why ignore the long term social, economic and environmental impacts on the vulnerable sections of our society of environmentally unsustainable ways to growth?

The ‘expert group on low carbon strategies for inclusive growth’ which was set up under the Planning Commission to develop a strategy for India’s 12th Five Year Plan has released its interim report recently.

read more @: http://www.d-sector.org/article-det.asp?id=1651

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