Karnataka has a population of over 60 million which is growing at over 2% per annum. It is the eighth largest and fifth most urbanised state in India, with 37% population living in cities. It contributes over 5% to India’s GDP and has been growing at over 7% in the recent past (GoK, 2013). Karnataka’s services sector has been propelled by the IT/ITES boom, which has also been driving economic growth and urbanisation. In the year 2011-12, the share of IT/Biotech sectors in the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) was 56.3% and the primary sector’s contribution was only 17.2%.
Pursuing green growth requires incorporation of the value of natural assets into the economic growth model and developmental planning so as to ensure that the assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which the well-being and economic activity is relying on.
In this guide, long-term green growth planning (First Step) is discussed in Chapter 2 and the steps to incorporate measures that transform traditional planning and implementation of developmental projects into projects that also promote ‘green growth’ are presented in Chapters 3, 4 and 5.
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