Human development is a process of enlarging the range of people’s choices , increasing their opportunities for education, health care , income and empowerment and covering the full range of human choices from a sound physical environment to economic , social and political freedom.
The basic goal of development is to create conditions where people can live meaningful lives.
The four pillars of human development:-
- Equity –It refers to providing equal access to opportunities available to everybody irrespective of their gender, race, income and caste.
- Sustainability-Sustainability means continuity in the availability of opportunities for sustainable human development.
- Productivity-It refers to human labour productivity in terms of human work. It must be constantly enriched by building capabilities in people.
- Empowerment –It means to have the power to make choices. Such power comes from increasing freedom and capabilities, good governance and people –oriented policies, so as to empower people.