Dr. Gadgal and the Planning Commission on India
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2022.v07.i06.006Keywords:
Planning Commission, Industrial evolution, CapitalistAbstract
When D.R. Gadgil accepted the deputy chairmanship of the planning commission in 1967, he had already behind him more than 40 years of vigorous activity in economics and in allied filed. A glance through his writing is enough to convince anyone of the wide range of his work: from Industrial evolution and current industrial development, to problems in agriculture and attempts at agriculture reform, to education, the federal problem in India Constitution, city and town development, regional planning, to social change, caste and untouchhability, social obligation of advance sections of society, etc. In each of these and other areas, he laid great stress on the systematic garnering of facts, made careful study of the underlying relationship, and suggested immediate and long-term measures that could be adopted without upsetting the existing framework. Joining the planning Commission was regarded as a natural culmination of his wide-ranging activities and his long and sustained work on the problems of the Indian economy. This article attempts a review of the last phase of Gadgil’s life when he headed the planning Commission.
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