Population Growth In Sustainable Development

ROLE OF YOUTH IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & POPULATION STABALIZATION
Mrs. Pratima Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Resource Management,
Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi
Email: [e-mail] / (M) 09711600550

The term Sustainable development has gained momentum all around the world. To achieve sustainable development means meeting the present generation needs without exhausting the resources beyond their regeneration capacity and hence, not compromising with the needs of future generations. The millennium development goals (MDG’s) were set as indicators for achieving sustainable development, wherein the issue of population was deeply embedded in almost every MDG. Population is a major challenge for achieving

To do well, a team needs to bat well, bowl well and field well. Similarly , we need to do well in all three issues : Social, Economic and Environmental. To tackle these three issues, Indian government must put human population at the core of sustainable development agenda, hence, improving human well-being, preserving quality of the environment and achieving sustainable development. This was also the first principle of the 1992 Rio Declaration- “humans beings are the centre of concern for sustainable development”- by taking full account of how population and society interact with the natural environment. Way back in 1992, the UN Conference on Environment and Development also acknowledged that population growth, rising income levels, changing technologies, and increasing consumption will all have adverse impacts on the environment. Ensuring that there is no further deterioration is dependent upon the choices made by the population about family size, lifestyles, environmental protection, and equity. Availability of appropriate technology and commitment towards ensuring sustainable development is increasing throughout the world. India must take heed of this now, as it can initiate steps to check that the natural carrying capacity of the environment is not damaged beyond recovery and the ecological balance is, to a large extent,

By 2020, India is said to be the world’s youngest country with 64 percent of its population to be below 35 (United Nations IRIS Knowledge Foundation Report 2012). How India’s population would grow in the future depends largely on youth. By making adolescence education mandatory at both, school as well as college level, will improve the quality of life of young people considerably. Informing and guiding them regarding sexual and reproductive health behaviour, apart from education and employment opportunities, must constitute an important aspect of population and development programmes in