Human development is a process of enlarging the range of people’s choices , increasing their opportunities for education, health care , income and empowerment and covering the full range of human choices from a sound physical environment to economic , social and political freedom.

The basic goal of development is to create conditions where people can live meaningful lives.

The four pillars of human development:-

• Equity –It refers to providing equal access to opportunities available to everybody irrespective of their gender, race, income and caste. 
• Sustainability-Sustainability means continuity in the availability of opportunities for sustainable human development. 
• Productivity-It refers to human labour productivity in terms of human work. It must be constantly enriched by building capabilities in people. 
• Empowerment –It means to have the power to make choices. Such power comes from increasing freedom and capabilities, good governance and people –oriented policies, so as to empower people.