Topic: Planning and Economic Development
The blueprint of Gram Swargaj is the key to understand the Gandhian perspective on planning. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Gandhian planning ≠ conventional centralised/industrial → self-sufficient village as the blueprint → begin here to read his planningRoute 2 Gram Swaraj…
Land reforms programmes led to some constitutional amendments. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 land reforms to fix unequal agrarian structure at Independence → grounded in Art 39(b)/39(c) → challenged under fundamental right to property…
Examine the various causes of agrarian crisis in India.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 visible distress (suicides, marches, migration) → crisis of profitabilityRoute 2 farming no longer viable → causes structural & policy-driven, not naturalBody…
Comment on the relevance of the Directive Principles of State Policy in an era of liberalization and globalization.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 DPSP = Part IV, Arts 36–51 → Austin’s “conscience of the constitution” → liberalisation makes them more necessary, not redundantRoute 2…
‘Liberalisation of Indian economy has not been accompanied with adequate reforms. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 1991 ended License Raj → opening confined to trade & industry → complementary reforms left undoneRoute 2 reform real but partial…
High concentration of economic activities and consumption patterns in post-liberalisation period has
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 earlier mass base: Chipko / Appiko / NBA / Silent Valley → post-1991 base weakensRoute 2 liberalisation reorders priorities → growth…
Comment on the functions of District Planning Committee.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Art 243ZD + 73rd/74th Amendments → DPC as constitutional bridge between local self-government and district planningRoute 2 core task = consolidate…
How does NITI Aayog as a ‘policy think tank with shared vision visualize the reorganization of planning in India? Justify your answer.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 2015: NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission → not a renaming but a re-imagining of planning’s purposeRoute 2 “policy think tank with…
The legacy of the Planning Commission still has a bearing on India’s development policies. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Commission (1950) set state-led, long-term development template → form changed by NITI Aayog, inheritance intactRoute 2 planned development 1950–2014 defined India’s…
Land reforms have failed in the eradication of rural poverty. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 land reform = chief instrument of redistributive justice → charge of failure holds, but cause is implementation, not designRoute 2 four…
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