- Planning Commission Report-
The meaning of “Development” in independent India has not been the same for all sections of Indian society though all Indians had welcomed liberation from the clutches of the British with equal warmth. The Nehru-Gandhi debate on India’s path of development which remained unresolved apparently because of an abrupt end to Gandhi’s life; the training of the new class of Indian rulers in western capitalism and the compulsion of inheriting the colonial laws and institutions of governance, and the bureaucracy together provided a backdrop for initiating a path of development which was alien to millions of masses in India. Though there has been consistent efforts by the state to make the centralised planning more people oriented and people centric the dichotomy between peoples’ unmet felt needs and the fruits of development has got further widened ultimately reaching a point where serious questions are being raised about the planning process itself. This has assumed further significance in the light of the inception of the LPG regime in Indian in the 1990s. Centralised planning has occupied centre stage of debates and discussions particularly by forces that are keen to see that no stone remains unturned on the path of fast integration of the country’s economy in to world economy. The concerns for ensuring a higher growth rate for the economy immaterial of its consequences for deep-rooted economic inequalities has in fact disabled us in making a rational and scientific assessment of the development processes so far. There is a need to stop and reflect on what is happening in some of the key sectors of development..................................................................................................................................................................
The meaning of “Development” in independent India has not been the same for all sections of Indian society though all Indians had welcomed liberation from the clutches of the British with equal warmth. The Nehru-Gandhi debate on India’s path of development which remained unresolved apparently because of an abrupt end to Gandhi’s life; the training of the new class of Indian rulers in western capitalism and the compulsion of inheriting the colonial laws and institutions of governance, and the bureaucracy together provided a backdrop for initiating a path of development which was alien to millions of masses in India. Though there has been consistent efforts by the state to make the centralised planning more people oriented and people centric the dichotomy between peoples’ unmet felt needs and the fruits of development has got further widened ultimately reaching a point where serious questions are being raised about the planning process itself. This has assumed further significance in the light of the inception of the LPG regime in Indian in the 1990s. Centralised planning has occupied centre stage of debates and discussions particularly by forces that are keen to see that no stone remains unturned on the path of fast integration of the country’s economy in to world economy. The concerns for ensuring a higher growth rate for the economy immaterial of its consequences for deep-rooted economic inequalities has in fact disabled us in making a rational and scientific assessment of the development processes so far. There is a need to stop and reflect on what is happening in some of the key sectors of development..................................................................................................................................................................
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