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Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context
Question
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State the two main objectives of the  ‘Drought Prone Area Programme’ .

Answer

The objectives of the programme are:


(i) To provide employment to the rural poor in drought prone areas.

(ii) To create productive assets to mitigate the effects of droughts.
 

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Some More Questions From Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context Chapter

Define the concept of sustainable development.

What are the positive impacts of irrigation on Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area?

Write short notes on drought-prone area programme and agro-climatic planning. How do these programmes help in the development of dryland agriculture in India?

Suggest the measures of promotion of sustainability in Indian Gandhi Canal Command Area.

What is planning?

State the aims of second five-year plan.

When was the intensive agricultural development programme adopted?

Name the states where tribal area development programmes were implemented.

State the immediate objectives of third five-year plan.

“The outcome of India’s planned development is a mixed bag.”


Mention two achievements and two objectives which it would not achieve.