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4. Infrastructure means the basic frameworks or the underlying foundation of an
organization. Infrastructures make an organization strong, firm and pave way for
the functioning of the organization.
5. All the pre-requisites which include physical, social, economic and human resource
without which development activities cannot be conducted are called infrastructure
of development.
6. The skilled and semi-skilled manpower related to education, health services,
communication, agriculture, industries, science and technology, law and legislature
etc. is called as human resource.
7. An indicator of development indicates a state or level of fulfillment of all those
needs.
8. Economic progress is the major indicator of development without which other
progress cannot be achieved.
9. GDP is the total market value of goods and services in a country whereas GNP
is the net market value of goods and services produced in a fiscal year including
the remittances sent from abroad. GDP shows local prosperity but GNP describes
national output.
10. Quality of life indicates the happiness and satisfaction from the fulfillment of all
those needs.
11. Quality life is measured in Human Development Index (HDI) in which literacy
rate, per capita income and life expectancy of people are considered. Countries are
marked in (0–1) value in HDI.
12. People tend to remain happy from the fulfillment of basic needs, additional needs,
provision of social security, good jobs and better income.
13. Environment prosperity is related to environmental balance and conservation of
resources in environment.
14. Physical prosperity is related with physical fitness as well as proper functioning of
body organs and systems.
15. Work place prosperity is related with the working environment, relationship with
staffs, colleagues and boss in the working place.
16. Social prosperity is related with social development which includes day to day activities,
marriage, divorce, migration, security, entertainment, birth, death and so on.
17. Political prosperity is related with stability of government, political activities,
democracy, individual freedom, free from internal and external conflicts in the
nation.

18. The trained human resources can conduct sustainable development works
considering carrying capacity of the earth.
19. A series of organized activities conducted within a specialized time and designed
to produce behavioural changes.
20. Human resource development is the management of human resources in order to
provide trainings for laborers or staffs in various aspects of their development.
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