Table of Contents

1. Introduction Sylvie Guichard and Santosh Mehrotra; Part I. Origins: Ideas and Ideology: 2. A brief history of studying the Planning Commission Sylvie Guichard; 3. The long road to Indian economic planning Niranjan Rajadhyaksha; 4. Ideas and origins of the Planning Commission in India Shruti Rajagopalan; Part II. Changes and Continuity: Development and Adaptation of Planning and the Planning Commission: 5. The Planning Commission and education Ratna Sudarshan; 6. India's agricultural challenges: looking back and looking ahead Ramesh Chand; 7. Economic planning after economic liberalization: between Planning Commission and think tank NITI, 1991–2015 Baldev Raj Nayar; 8. Yojana Bhawan: obiter dictum Dilip M. Nachane; 9. On a revived planning commission Y. K. Alagh; Part III. Planning beyond the Planning Commission?: 10. Make in India Bibek Debroy and Dhiraj Nayyar; 11. Manufacturing: the cornerstone of a planning strategy for the 21st century Santosh Mehrotra; 12. Fiscal planning to sustain growth and poverty reduction Santosh Mehrotra; 13. Plan, but do not over-plan: lessons for NITI Aayog Pronab Sen; 14. Conclusion: why does India need a central planning institution in the 21st century? Santosh Mehrotra.

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Examines the history of the idea of planning and the history and experience of planning in India.

About the Author

Santosh Mehrotra is a human development economist whose research and writings have had most influence in the areas of labour, employment, skill development, child poverty, and the economics of education. He was an economic adviser in the United Nations system in New York City, Italy, and Thailand (1991–2006), and technocrat in the government of India (2006–2014), apart from making contributions to academic research since the mid-1980s. He has also in recent years established a reputation as an institution-builder in the field of research in India. He brings a combination of professional experience: with the Indian government as a policy maker and adviser, and with international organisations as a technical expert. Sylvie Guichard is lecturer at the Department of History and Political Thought at Université de Genève. Her research interests are religion, law and politics, and Indian political thought.