Committee on Natural Resources

Abstract

Survey and assessment of natural resources viz., land, water, minerals and energy are necessary preliminary steps to economic development. Valuable work in this direction has already been done by the various agencies of the Government of India and the State Governments. However, a coordinated study of natural resources has not been made. The problem of natural resources is complicated and inter-related. Various sectors of the economy arc concerned in utilisation of natural resources and some times contradictory interests and claims are to be reconciled. A composite picture of natural resources is not available, and each segment of the government looks at the resources from its own angle. Resources are also inter dependent and a number of them cannot be managed independently of others.