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Development Planning: The Indian Experience.
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1988
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Sussex SearchDevelopment TheoryDevelopment EconomicsEconomic DevelopmentDevelopment PlanningEducationEconomic PlanningPolicy AnalysisEconomic GrowthCultural PlanningSocio-economic DevelopmentEconomicsPublic PolicyEconomic JournalUrban PlanningDevelopment PlanPolicy StudiesCommunity DevelopmentPlanning PracticeBusinessDevelopment PolicySukhamoy Chakravarty
The book reviews Indian planning within development theory and international planning debates. It examines India's development planning experience over the past thirty‑five years. It analyzes the analytical foundations, structure of Five‑Year Plans, implementation issues, and current economic policy debates. The book is intended for postgraduate and senior undergraduate courses in development, economics, planning, sociology, political science, and India studies.
This book provides a review of Indian planning in the light of development theory and the debates on planning carried out in other countries. It deals with the experience of development planning as practised in India over the last thirty-five years. It explains the analytical considerations which went into the formation of India's development strategy, initially articulated by Nehru and Mahalanobis, and the modifications which were subsequently introduced in the light of experience. It deals with the logical structure of various Five Year Plans and with issues of plan implementation. Current debates on economic policy receive extensive treatment. This is a book for postgraduate and senior undergraduate courses in development, economics, planning, sociology, political science and courses on India.