India: Decentralised Planning (Themes and Issues)

by Bikash Mohan Sanyal

Overview

This book seeks to analyse the various issues involved in and related with decentralised planning. The essays in this volume address the concepts of micro-level planning, participatory rural development methodologies and strategies. Participation of local people has been discussed in reference to behavioural science approaches. Decentralised planning has also been examined in terms of its financial aspects, environmental relations and has been linked to the concepts of agro-climatic regional planning, sustainable development, the function of the NGOs at various levels, and its impact on issues of gender. The planning process in West Bengal has been discussed in detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354397233
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Bikash Mohan Sanyal, at present Deputy Director (Econ.&Planning) of A TI. and Project Coordinator of Agro-Climatic Regional Planning (West Bengal Unit), formally belongs to West Bengal Educational Service. He has taught economics for the last 33 years at different Government Colleges as Reader in Economics. He has obtained his Ph.D. from Calcutta University in 1981 and has also won the Mahendra Nath Sarkar prize for best Ph.D. thesis of the year. Dr. Sanyal has conducted several courses on Decentralised Planning involving different levels of functionaries of Panchayat both in West Bengal and in Tripura. He has wide knowledge of the operational aspects of Decentralised Planning of both States. He has co-authored a book on Agro-Climatic Regional Planning titled India: Agro Climatic Regional Planning - A New Approach to Sustainable Development, funded by Planning Commission, Government of India.