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Question
What do you understand by the term development? Would all sections of society benefit from such a definition of development?
Solution
Development is a process that ensures good quality of life for all the people in terms of happiness, harmony, and satisfaction of essential needs. It is related to the improvement, progress, and aspirations of people. This definition of development would benefit all the sections of society as it shows the basic need approach. It allows more people to make meaningful choices and the pre-condition for this is the fulfillment of basic needs like food, education, health, and shelter.
The previous concepts of development that were based on only economic growth have not been beneficial for poor people and the environment and have resulted in a wide gap between rich and poor and imbalanced ecology. Therefore, a definition that aims towards improving the quality of people’s life would justify the essence of development.
