The political process has given rise to a wide network of decentralised institutions that implement schemes such as MGNREGS. The challenge before planners is to lay down norms that are sensitive to conditions on the ground.

June 2, 2011: As the process of preparing the approach to the Twelfth Plan gathers momentum it is difficult to miss the extent to which the planning process has been transformed over the years. From the all-knowing models that marked the early plans we have moved to planning through dispersed policy interventions............Read More

 Source: Business Line