Resources

​A 6-Lesson Foundation Course by UPSC ZONE AI ​Everything in our surrounding environment that can be used to satisfy human needs, provided it is technologically accessible, economically feasible, and culturally acceptable, is termed a Resource. Water, electricity, rickshaws, vegetables, and textbooks all share a common characteristic: they have been used by humans and thus possess utility. This chapter establishes the fundamental concepts of resources, their classification, and the imperative of sustainable resource management.