Development Planning: The Indian Experience

by Sukhamoy Chakravarty

A look at India's experience of development planning over the past thirty-five years, this is the first book to provide a synthetic review of Indian planning in light of development theory and debates on planning policy in other countries. Chakravarty explains the analytical considerations
behind the formation of India's initial development strategy, as well as the reasons for subsequent modifications, and considers the logical structure of various Five Year Plans and issues of plan implementation.

Genres: India

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 17, 1987

Reviews

[Abhinav Anand]

This book provides a dense and comprehensive analysis of the first few decades of Indian economic planning. As part of a course, the exegesis understandably seems more relevant and quick to grasp, but a dedicated perusal will also help following the texts.