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). These have been categorised into the following 12 theme headings:

? Agriculture, Land Reforms, Co-operatives and Allied Sectors

? Industry, Infrastructure, Public Sector and Small Industries

? Development and Management of Extractive Industries (Mineral Resources)

? Electricity, Coal, Petroleum and other Energy Sources

? Urban Development and Housing

? Transport and Communications

? Employment and Labour Welfare

? Health and Family Welfare

? Education and Training

? Science and Technology

? Social Welfare

? Development of North Eastern States, Hill Areas, Tribal Areas and Other Measures for Balanced Regional Development

    Editorial comments are given at the beginning of each theme heading. Reader will find it easy to comprehend how a particular sector of the Indian economy was treated in terms of priority, strategy, and allocation of resources in the successive Plans. The 12 theme headings cover almost all the sectors of the Indian economy.

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.

    This work, it is hoped, would prove useful for the students of economics, commerce, public administration and business management. An understanding of the mechanics of economic planning will also serve the needs of legislators, administrators and those in industry and trade.

1. Economic Planning: Conceptual Settings - Determinants of Economic Development; Nature of Democratic Planning and the Role of State; Objectives, Strategies and Priorities in Planning; Problem of Resources; Some Essential Conditions for Successful Planning; Perspective (Long-range) Planning.

2. Economic Planning in India: Institutional Framework - Economic Planning: Constitutional Provisions; Establishment of the Planning Commission; Establishment of National Development Council (NDC); Transfer of Resources through the Planning Commission.

3. India`s Five Year Plans at a Glance: First Plan to Eleventh Plan - First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56; Second Five Year Plan: 1956-57 to 1960-61; Third Five Year Plan: 1961-62 to 1965-66; Fourth Five Year Plan: 1969-70 to 1973-74; Fifth Five Year Plan: 1974-75 to 1978-79; Sixth Five Year Plan: 1980-81 to 1984-85; Seventh Five Year Plan: 1985-86 to 1989-90; Eighth Five Year Plan: 1992-93 to 1996-97; Ninth Five Year Plan: 1997-98 to 2001-2002; Tenth Five Year Plan: 2002-03 to 2006-07; Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12.

4. Assessment of India`s Experience with Economic Planning -Achievements of Economic Planning; Failures of Economic Planning; Conclusion.

5. Economic Reforms in India: Dimensions, Achievements and Grey Areas - Initiation of Economic Reforms; Dimensions of Economic Reforms; Achievements of Economic Reforms; Areas of Concern; Future Economic Climate.

Editorial Note - India Agriculture on the Eve of Independence; New Agricultural Technology; Recent Reforms in the Agricultural Sector

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - State of the Agricultural Economy; Approach to Agricultural Development; Development of the Co-operative Movement; Land Reforms and Agrarian Reorganisation; Agriculture: Approach in the Second Plan; Development Programmes; Land Reforms: Objectives for the Third Plan; Abolition of Intermediary Tenures; Reduction of Rents; Security of Tenure; Highest Priority Given to Agriculture; New Agricultural Strategy; Agriculture: Review of Progress in 1966-67; High-Yielding Varieties Programme; Supply of Inputs; Agriculture; Land Reforms; Agriculture; Evolution of Agricultural Strategy; Objectives; Strategy of Production; Agricultural Research and Education; Farmers` Training and Education; Agriculture Production; Major and Medium Irrigation; Other Programmes; Agriculture and Allied Sectors; Objectives and Strategy; Agricultural Credit; Land Reforms; Agriculture and Allied Activities; Agricultural Marketing; Agriculture and Allied Sectors; Agriculture and Allied Activities: Eighth Plan Strategy; Food Requirement and Agricultural Growth; Strategy for Agricultural Development; Agriculture and Allied Sectors; Rural Non-farm Employment; Agriculture, Food Security and Irrigation; Agriculture, Irrigation, Food Security and Nutrition.

Editorial Note - Pre-Independence Industrialisation; Post-Independence Industrial Development; Industrial Liberalisation since 1991;

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Village Industries; State Policy; Small Industries and Handicrafts; Industrial Development and Policy; Industrial Priorities in the Plan; Progress in the Public Sector; Programmes in the Second Plan; Industrial Policy; Industrial Priorities; Programmes in the Public Sector; Village and Small Industries; Role in Planned Development; Approach in the Third Plan; Industry: Review of Progress under the Two Plans; Industries and Minerals; Village and Small Industries; Industries; Village and Small Industries; Rural Industries; Industry: Annual Plan for 1968-69; Village and Small Industries; Industry Programmes; Industry: Approach; Industry Objectives; Licensing Policy; Industry; Village and Small Industries; Village and Small Industries; Policy Measures; Strategy for the Sixth Plan; Industrial Policy Initiatives for the Sixth Plan; Village and Small Industries; Objectives and Strategies; Policy Framework; Review of Industrial Development; Industrial Policy Changes; Industrial Deregulation and Administered Price Policy; Industry; Outlook for the Eighth Plan; Role of Public Sector.

Editorial Note - Mineral Wealth of India; Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-03 to 2006-07) on Mineral Sector Policy; High Level Committee on the National Mineral Policy, 2006.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Assessment of Mineral Resources; Mineral Policy; Exploration and Development; Co-ordination of Mineral Development and Research; Progress in the First Plan; Action Taken; Investigations; Programme for the Second Plan; Programmes of Investigation; Review of Progress during the First and Second Plan Periods; Coal; Mineral Oil; Mineral Production; Mineral Surveys; Programme for the Third Five Year Plan; Coal; Lignite; Iron Ore; Mineral Oil; Plan 1980-85; Plan Implementation; Mineral Resources; Specific Features of the Projections of Mineral Output; Metallurgical and Mineral Industries; Metallurgical and Mineral Industries; Coal; Petroleum Sector; Metallurgical and Mineral Industries; Tenth Plan Objectives.

Editorial Note - Electricity: Perennial Shortages; Coal: Entry of Private Sector; Crude Oil and Petroleum Production.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Energy; Electric Power; Other Energy Sectors; Energy Efficiency and R&D.

Editorial Note - Urbanisation; Housing.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Urban Development and Housing; Housing Policy; Rural Housing; Urban Development and Housing; Rural Housing; Housing, Urban and Rural Planning; Housing Boards; Slum Clearance and Improvement; Urban Development and Housing; Village Housing; Water Supply and Sanitation; Urban Development; Housing; Rural Water Supply and Sanitation; Urban Water Supply and Sanitation; Housing, Urban Development and Water Supply; Rural Housing; Urban Housing; Urban Development and Housing; Rural Housing; Urban Development; Housing; Urban Development and Housing; Urban Development and Housing; Major Sectoral Objectives of the Ninth Plan; Urban Development and Housing; Major Issues in Urbanisation.

Editorial Note - Transport System; Indian Railways; Roads and Road Transport; Ports and Shipping; Civil Aviation; Communications; Reforms in the Telecommunication Sector since 1991; First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12.

Part VIII: Edited Extracts from India`s Five Year Plans on Employment and Labour Welfare

Editorial Note - Economic Liberalisation; Second National Commission on Labour; Labour Reforms: A Thorny Issue

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Nature of Unemployment; Employment Objectives of the Plan; Employment Aspects of the Plan; Size and Nature of the Problem; Choice of Techniques; Agricultural Labour; Women Workers; Unemployment Problem; Utilisation of Rural Manpower; Labour Policy; Working Conditions, Safety and Welfare; Manpower; Labour Policy and Welfare; Employment Exchanges; Employment Perspective and Standards of Living; Craftsman Training and Labour Welfare: Central Plan; Plans of States/Union Territories; Employment Policy; Bonded Labour; Child Labour; Women Labour; Contract Labour; Labour Force; Employment Strategy; Manpower Planning: Problems of Surpluses and Shortages; Labour Policy; Approach to Employment; Towards the Goal of Full Employment; Elements of Employment Strategy; Manpower Planning and Research; Labour Participation in Management; Employment Objective; Employment Opportunities during the Ninth Plan and Beyond; Skills, Training and Employment; Labour Laws; Social Security; Children at work.

Editorial Note - Health Security; Family Welfare in the National Population Policy, 2000.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Health and Family Welfare; Family Planning; Health and Family Welfare; Hospital Services; Family Planning; Health and Family Welfare; Primary Health Units, Hospitals and Dispensaries; Family Planning; Health and Family Welfare; Family Planning; Health and Nutrition; Women`s Agency and Child Rights; Eleventh Plan Agenda.

Editorial Note - Education as Critical Input

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Education and Training; Education and Skill Development; Skill Development; Goals, Targets and Strategies in Elementary Education; National Commission on Education: Targets for Elementary Education; Secondary Education: Goals, Targets and Strategies; Scheme for Universal Access and Quality at the Secondary Stage (SUCCESS); Substantial Improvement in Quality of Secondary Education; Revamped ICT in Schools; Higher Education: Targets and Strategy; Autonomy and Accountability in Higher Educational Institutions.

Editorial Note - Modern Science and Technology.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Scientific and Industrial Research; Programme of Laboratories and Institutes; Scientific and Technological Research; Development of Atomic Energy; Programme of Scientific Research; Adoption of the Metric System; Programmes in the Third Plan; Utilisation of Scientific Research; Standardisation Quality Control and Productivity; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Ministry of Education; Department of Atomic Energy; Ministry of Education (Scientific Surveys and Development Division); Science and Technology and Education; Science and Technology and Rural Development; Science and Technology and Human Resource Development; Atomic Energy; Space, Science and Technology; Telecommunications and Broadcasting; Approach to the Seventh Plan; Thrust Areas in Science and Technology; Nurturing and Developing Excellence in Science and Technology; Policy Framework and Approach.

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Social Welfare; Welfare of Backward Classes; Scheduled Tribes; Criminal Tribes; Welfare of the Physically and Mentally Handicapped Persons; Welfare of Backward Classes; Tribal Welfare Programmes; Harijans; Denotified Tribes; Hill and Tribal Areas, Backward Classes Social Welfare and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Programmes; Development of Backward Classes; Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes; Other Programmes for Backward Classes; Socio-economic; Protecting the Weak and the Left-behind; Development of Women; Economic Development; Empowerment of the Socially Disadvantaged Groups; Social Justice; Empowerment of Women, Children and Socially Disadvantaged Groups.

Editorial Note - Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY).

First Five Year Plan: 1951-52 to 1955-56 to Eleventh Five Year Plan: 2007-08 to 2011-12 - Location of Industries; Regional Disparities; General Approach; Policies for Regional Growth; Correction of Regional Imbalances; Hill Area Development; Categorisation of Hill Areas; Backward Area Development; Special Area Development Programmes; North Eastern Council (NEC); Desert Development Programme; Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP); Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP); Western Ghats Development Programme (WGDP); North Eastern Council (NEC); Boarder Area Development Programme (BADP).

    M.M. Sury received his B.A. (Hons.), M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Delhi. He taught economics in the same university for 42 years. Specialising in fiscal economics, he has published extensively on Indian fiscal system in recognised national and international journals, such as Small Industry Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations, Bangkok),Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation (International Fiscal Association, Amsterdam), Asian-Pacific Tax and Investment Bulletin (Singapore), Journal of the Indian School of Political Economy (Pune), Indian Economic Journal (Bombay), and Margin (New Delhi). He was Economic Adviser, Delhi State Finance Commission (1996-97). He is President of the Indian Tax Foundation (ITF), New Delhi.

    Vibha Mathur received her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She has written extensively on India`s economic problems and authored a number of books on the subject. She was a visiting fellow at the European Commission and Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in May 2001. Presently, she is a Reader in the Department of Commerce, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.

    Niti Bhasin obtained her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, in 2003 and 2008 respectively. She has contributed articles on finance related topics in national and international journals of repute including Foreign Trade Review (New Delhi) andTax National (Malaysia). She taught for about four years at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi. Presently, she is a senior lecturer in the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.