NSDS reports that vital issues in this strategy are “improvement of quality of human resources and better management” with a view to obtain agricultural and rural development as well as sustain economic growth [24], since human lives and livelihood are intricately intertwined with nature. Likewise, climate change strategy and NSAPR states HRD as an adaptive strategy for
avoiding climate vulnerabilities and a key tool for poverty alleviation, respectively. However, the Sixth Five Year Plan (FY 2011-15) not only includes HRD as a major objective but also figure out a fully-fledged strategy to achieve it [25].