Yojana Bhawan: Obiter Dictum

Now that the government has decided to abolish the Planning Commission and create a new body in its place, the question is what form and shape should the replacement take? Three articles discuss different aspects of the old and the likely new body. The first article here offers a detailed review of...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 2014-09, Vol.49 (37), p.12-17
Main Author: NACHANE, DILIP M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Cooperation
Corporate planning
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic hardship
Economists
Essays
Experiments
Financial planning
Gandhi, Indira
Industrial agriculture
Industrial growth
Industry
Influence
Market planning
Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964)
Planning
Poverty
Socialism
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Summary:Now that the government has decided to abolish the Planning Commission and create a new body in its place, the question is what form and shape should the replacement take? Three articles discuss different aspects of the old and the likely new body. The first article here offers a detailed review of the history of planning dating from the Soviet era and outlines the different strands of thought that fed into the Indian experience with planning and argues that what was needed was a restructuring of the commission and not its abolition.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846