This paper is one of the nine position papers commissioned, three each from Asia, Africa and Latin America, by the International Council for Research and Innovation (CIB) as part of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the CIB Agenda 21 on Sustainable Construction and to further its proactive approach on the subject. The purpose is to bring into reckoning special conditions, needs and perspectives of the developing countries to balance a perceived developed world bias in the sustainable development discourse. This paper attempts to present the Indian case.