Who among the following formulated the “Gandhian Plan”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Sriman Narayan Agarwal
C. M.N. Roy
D. Mahalanobis
Answer:B
Who among the following formulated the “Gandhian Plan”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Sriman Narayan Agarwal C. M.N. Roy D. Mahalanobis
Explanation: Espousing the spirit of the Gandhian economic thinking, Sriman Narayan Agarwal formulated this plan in 1944. This plan laid more emphasis on agriculture. Even if he referred to industrialisation it was to the level of promoting cottage and village-level industries, unlike the NPC and the Bombay Plan which supported a leading role for the heavy and large industries. The plan articulated a ‘decentralised economic structure’ for India with ‘self-contained villages’.