Sustainable development is the buzz word today used in all development strategies and policy formulations. The book aims to study the development that is taking place toady, whether it takes really to growth or something else. The growth and development strategy must be people oriented, it must promote the living standard, reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and most importantly it should keep the environment intact otherwise the development is not going to sustain. The poor human life is more dependent on the environmental resources. Thus the development policy must keep strict eye on agriculture which is the mainstay of 75% people, human development and environment.The book aims to study- 1.To evaluate the various determinants of sustainable rural development 2.To study the importance of natural resource in sustainable livelihood of the people 3.To study the inter-relationship of agriculture, environment and human development To study the performance of health sector in North-East as compared to India 4.To analyse the inter-state disparity of health status among North-East states. 5.To analyse the health environment and living conditions that determine rural development. 6.To analyze the multidimensional poverty in relation to sustainable agriculture and human development 7.To analyse the rural-urban disparity that exists in women and reproductive health care. 8.To study the rural-urban disparity in child health care.