Indian Affairs - A Journal of the Indian National Congress June 1950

In the immediate programme every effort has to be made to raise the level of production and employment and to repair the damage to the economy of the country caused by the neglect of the past and the ravages of the second world war the economic consequences of partition as well as the devaluation and its aftermath.598 The successful implementation of the immediate programme will create conditions [...] High priority should be given to provision of house-sites for agricultural labourers and to the removal of the disabilities attached to the present house-sites.600 The problem connected with the development of India's agriculture offers a challenge to the planner and an immense scope for purposeful cooperation between the Government and the people; and success or failure in the solution of these p [...] At the District level there should he a Rural Development Board consisting of the representatives of these functional institutions the President of the District Board and one representative each of the natiobuilding departments of the Government the Chairman being the district officer. [...] Such a well-integrated and all inclusive machinery alone which associates the people and the Government in this endeavour of formulation and execution of the programme of development can achieve the supreme objective placed before the nation and the country.605 7. LABOUR AND HOUSING Low productivity is a conspicuous feature of large-scale industry in this country and is adversely affecting the in [...] The capitals of some of the pillars were crowned by animal figures of colossal size among them the capital of the Sarnath pillar which shows the influence of the art of Achxmenican Persia.