Politics of planned development
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Why planning became important
- Development in India was understood as more than economic growth; it also meant social and economic justice.
- The national leadership believed that development could not be left only to private business, industrialists, or farmers.
- A shared vision of development emerged after Independence, and planning was seen as the main way to direct national resources.
Planning Commission and the structure of planning
- The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by a simple government resolution.
- It was not a constitutional body.
- It was an advisory body, and its recommendations became effective only after Union Cabinet approval.
Five Year Plans and the early phase of planning
- India adopted Five Year Plans on the Soviet model.
- A Five Year Plan is a document that lays out government income and expenditure priorities for five years.
- Plan expenditure is different from non-plan expenditure in the traditional budgeting framework.
The First Five Year Plan
- The First Five Year Plan sought to take the economy out of the cycle of poverty.
- K.N. Raj argued that India should 'hasten slowly' for the first two decades.
- He believed that very fast development might endanger democracy.
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