India's Five Year Plans

Part I of this work explains the processes and procedures of economic planning in India, focusing on institutional framework, mechanism of transferring resources from the Centre to the States for plan purposes, objectives of planning and an assessment of achievements. Parts II to XIII of the book contain edited extracts from Final Plan Documents from First Five Year Plan (1951-52 to 1955-56) to Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12). Part XIV contains sector-wise statistical data on the Indian economy (1950-51 to 2006-07) which would be useful for a cross-section of academic community and researchers, both in India and abroad.