Paper I · 5 Indian Economy & Development · 5.1.4 Planning and NITI Aayog

5.1.4.5 Goals and record of planning; area development programmes (DPAP, hill areas, Tribal Sub-Plan)

Planning aimed at growth, modernisation, self-reliance and equity, and from the 1970s it added area programmes for drought-prone, hill, desert and tribal regions that the general plan had left behind.

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Key terms

  • goals of planning
  • growth
  • modernisation
  • self-reliance
  • equity
  • area development
  • DPAP
  • Desert Development Programme
  • Hill Area Development Programme
  • Tribal Sub-Plan
  • Western Ghats
  • command area development

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