The Planning Commission: A Descriptive Account

Abstract

From Foreword: There has been a growing interest in recent years both within the country and abroad in the methods and processes of formulation and implementation of our national plans of development. Development is a process of continuing directed change towards constantly rising national goals; and planning is the tool for the mobilization of the necessary tactical, financial, human and administrative resources for the attainment of these goals. Planning has emphasised, more than ever before, the basic problem of gearing the existing administrative organisation and practice to the requirements of carrying out the steadily increasing developmental tasks. It will be useful to find out how far the gaps between planning and implementation, that we are facing today, stem from certain inadequacies in our planning process and machinery.