About the Book :

This book is the fourth volume of five-volume series by Dr. V. Nath on development and planning in India emphasizing the need for rural development and its impact on nearly three-fourth population describing several programmes under different Five Years Plans especially the community development followed by strengthening of Panchayati Raj institutions. It also brings out the regional differences in brings out the regional differences in growth of agriculture and rural poverty in backward hilly tribal regions of the country besides demand for planning integrated rural and urban development.

About Author :

Vishwambhar Nath spent his entire career as a development economist in India, the Middle East and Africa. Born in Lahore on July 14, 1923, Dr. Nath trained as a geographer and economist joined the Indian Planning Commission in 1950. He worked on the Census of India and led the Project Evaluation Organization (PEO) of the Planning Commission to evaluate the Community Development Programme. Later assignments in the Planning Commission included work in the Natural Resources and Urban Planning Divisions. In between in 1957, he joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and was the District Collector in Sawai Madhopur and Pali districts in Rajasthan. This volume is based on his work in Sawai Madhopur and later in The Punjab. From 1966 to 1984 Dr. Nath worked with the United Nations as a development economist in the Middle East and West Africa and worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Asian Development Studies Centre of Boston University, USA and at The Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. His academic interests include work in Economic Development. Regional Planning, Urbanization, Rural Development and Administration and Planning.