Anil Dimri (2 results)

tables (illustrator). Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Physical and cultural landscapes 3 Appraisal of resource base 4 Appraisal of economic status 5 Planning for employment 6 Strategy for development 7 Indicative interventions Appendices Bibliography Index The planning in India has traditionally been a highly centralized approach and involved technocratic and mechanical exercise aimed at achieving certain targeted growth rates in the national economy Serious efforts for decentralized planning started in India in 1969 the union planning commission issued guidelines for preparation of district plans and subsequently state governments also made efforts in this direction 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments and subsequent enactment of state legislature have strengthened PRI and decentralised planning in the country The state plans largely consisted of the ongoing central schemes with a view to get largest amount of grants Since these plans did not get into the habit of mobilising state resources they even did not think of programmes and projects of their own addressing the local needs and aspiration In the state plans data has been manipulated to generate resource gaps The state which had larger gap got larger funds State planning even at present is essentially a secretarial exercise putting together sectoral proposals in order to get funds from the Central Government As a consequence decentralised planning in the framework of multi level planning is currently being promoted in the country Present book gives a broad account of theory and practice of decentralised planning in the country and also suggests a suitable model of development based on the SWOT analysis of locally available resources and infrastructures by diving the planning unit the district into sub planning zones jacket 308 pp.

The Himalayan region of India has rich bio diversity of flora and most horticultural species traced here are in use in various forms for hundreds of years to meet the needs of the people Though majority of the people of the region are engaged in agricultural activities however agriculture never been economical profitable venture due to hilly terrain low fertility and high labour absorption and other reasons Agriculture cannot fetch enough income for the survival of the people of the region Therefore alterative economic activity which may yield more income is essentially required for the planned economic development of the region During the past few decades the importance of horticulture sector has been realized in the Himalayan region Promotion of horticulture is included in the national priorities of most of the countries of the region National Horticulture Mission NHM has emphasized on the area-based development of the sector There are also opportunities for the development of ancillary horticultural crops such as floriculture medicinal plants etc because of the suitable agro-climatic conditions 251 pp.