Development of

Resources, it’s Planning &

Conservation
Suryaveer Singh
PGT Geography
S D Public School, Pitampura
Human beings have
used resources
• Depletion of resource:
indiscriminately and
this has led to the
following major
•Depletion of resources for
satisfying the greed of few
individuals.

• Accumulation of resources in
• Rich and Poor
few hands, which, in turn,
divided the society into two
segments i.e. haves and have
nots or rich and poor.

• Global crisis
• Indiscriminate exploitation of
resources has led to global
ecological crisis such as, global
warming, ozone layer
depletion, environmental
pollution and land degradation.
 ?
The Big question is what should we
do now?
Its Answer lies in Resource planning.
What is Resource
planning? Why it’s
Sustainable
necessary? existence
•Resource planning is a
strategy for judicious use of
resources

It’s necessary because: -

•First to minimize the above
three problems of depletion,
accumulation and global Global
ecological crisis.
•Second for an equitable peace
distribution of resources.
•Third for a sustained quality
of life and global peace.
•Fourth If the present trend of
resource depletion by a few
individuals and countries
continues, the future of our
planet is in danger.
•Fifth it is essential for Happy faces
sustainable existence of all
forms of life.
 1. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya
Why it is needed in Pradesh rich in
India? minerals

• Rich diversity in the

availability of resources.
coal deposits
2. Arunachal Pradesh has abundant
•There are regions which are Water resources but lacks
rich in certain types of
resources but are deficient in
some other resources.
infrastructural development.
3. Rajasthan has
•There are some regions which solar and wind energy
can be considered self but lacks
sufficient in terms of the
availability of resources and
there are some regions which
have acute shortage of some
water resources.
vital resources.
4. The cold desert of Ladakh has very rich
cultural heritage but lacks

water & minerals

 Survey & Mapping
Resource Planning
in India
Resource planning involves:
B. Identification and
inventory of resources
across the regions of the
country. This involves
surveying, mapping and Resourcesat – 1
qualitative and quantitative
estimation and
measurement of the
Technology & skills
resources.
C. Evolving a planning
structure endowed with
appropriate technology,
skill and institutional set up
for implementing resource
development plans.
D. Matching the resource
development plans with
overall national National Plans
development plans.
Factors on which the
development of resources
depends

•The availability of resources is a necessary condition for the development of any region .

•Higher level of technological development helps in exploitation of resources .

•Quality of human resources and the historical experiences of the people also helps in the
process of development.
Gandhiji view on
Conservation of
Resources
“There is enough for
everybody’s need and not
for any body’s greed.”

He placed the greedy and

selfish individuals and
exploitative nature of modern
technology as the root cause
for resource depletion at the
global level.

He was against mass

production and wanted to
replace it with the production
by the masses.

Irrational consumption and over-utilisation of

resources may lead to socio-economic and
We live on land, we perform our all
economic activities on land and use it
Therefore in the next module we will discuss Land
Resources with our country.