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Skill Development for Green Economy

              The key challenges for India are to expand access to food, energy, water, and other essential goods and services
              to its growing population. It needs to work towards the objective of alleviating poverty and catalysing sustainable
              development. The development of skills for green jobs is crucial to ensuring an efficient transition from unsustainable
              to a green economy by matching supply and demand for skills. A green job can be found in business, non-profit
              organisations, government, or education.

              Some green jobs may have specific requirements for green skills, such as an organic farmer needs to have knowledge
              and skills for growing organically certified crops. Solar technicians or engineers should possess the knowledge and
              skills for design, installation and maintenance of solar panels and appliances. Other green jobs may not necessarily
              require specific skills. For example, a graphic designer or a cashier working for a green company or organisation
              will be contributing to the development of green growth and economy.


              Components of Green Economy

              There are six basic components of a Green Economy:
                 • Renewable Energy: Energy produced by renewable sources like wind, sun, water, etc. is called renewable energy.
                Using these as the alternate sources of energy will help reduce the impact on the environment.

                 • Green Buildings: Buildings which causes minimum destruction to the environment during its construction and
                use renewable energy with proper waste management are called green buildings.
                 • Green Transport: It supports a well-planned transportation system with minimum damage to the forest and
                environment. It also promotes efficient use of fuel that produces minimum greenhouse gases and also uses
                alternate sources of fuel like CNG, battery, etc.
                 • Water Management: It is to reduce the wastage of water and replenish the groundwater level by adopting
                rainwater harvesting. Using rainwater for agriculture, wastewater for recycling, etc. reduce scarcity of water.
                 • Waste Management: It is managing  the  waste by  adopting  5R's—Repurpose,  Refuse,  Reduce,  Reuse and
                Recycle  for minimum environmental degradation.
                 • Land Management: It is judicious use of land resources like soil, forests, farms, roads, etc. without causing
                much damage to the environment.


              Importance of Green Economy
              The Green Economy is an innovative method of improving the country’s economy with minimum environmental
              degradation. Its major benefits are:


              Environmental Benefits
              Environmental benefits of green economy are:
                 • It helps in decreasing environmental pollution, which is a big effort to protect the environment without degrading
                the quality of soil, water and air.
                 • It helps in reducing the negative impacts of greenhouse gases by adopting technologies and products that
                minimise carbon emissions. This will work in reducing global warming.
                 • Less damage to our forests and biodiversity will help in survival of rare species on the earth.
                 • It helps in eco-friendly, sustainable management of natural resources.
                 • It brings conscious inclination towards the alternate sources of energy.





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