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Explain two main reasons for the need of environment friendly economic growth and two suggestions to achieve them.                                                                                                                             [Foreign 2005]

Answer:

Reasons for need of environment friendly economic growth:

(i) Present production technology has polluted atmosphere and water bodies with garbage, smoke and poisonous gases.

(ii) Rapid economic growth and industrialisation have led to reckless exploitation of natural resources (like fossil fuels).

Suggestions to achieve it:

(i) Increased use of renewable and clean sources of energy less use of fossil fuels organic farming.

(ii) Measures to reduce global warming and global limits on carbon emission etc.