Question
Integrated area approach and local planning programmes have played an important role in reducing regional disparities in India. Justify.
Solution
Integrated area approach and local planning is important measures for reducing regional disparities in India.
It is related them to the preparation of the integrated plan for selected areas and to the formulation of district plans. A few integrated plans are as under:
It is related them to the preparation of the integrated plan for selected areas and to the formulation of district plans. A few integrated plans are as under:
A. Hill Area Development Programme : It was initiated in hilly areas of Uttaranchal, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The main objects of this was :
1. To exploit local resources of the hill areas.
2. To start the primary activities such as horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry.
3. To imitate the conservation measures.
4. To began suitable village industries.
2. Tribal Area Development Programme : This programme has been taken upon those areas where tribal population is more than 50% such as in M.P., Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, AP., Jharkhand and Rajasthan.
3. Drought Prone Area Programme : The aim was to provide employment to the rural people in drought-prone areas, to introduce relief operations.
4. Metropolitan Regional Planning : Urban master plans were prepared for capital and port cities to reduce the problem of rapid urbanisation and to control large scale immigration from rural to urban. A master plan was prepared for Delhi in 1955 to develop the satellite towns around Delhi.
