Part - 2 CH - 6 Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context — Geography STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesGeographyPart - 2 CH - 6 Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context5 Marks
Question
Explain the need and importance of Target Area Planning.
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Answer
Need of Target Area Planning:
The planning process has to take special care of those areas which have remained economically backward.
The economic development of a region depends upon its resource base. But resources are not equally distributed. Economic development also requires technological investments besides resource. Therefore, sometimes resource- rich regions also remain backward. It demands Target Area Planning for balanced regional development.
Importance of Target Area Planning:
With the planning experience of about one and half decades, it was realised that regional imbalances in economic development were getting accentuated. In order to arrest the accentuation of regional and social disparties, the Planning Commission introduced the ‘target area’ and ‘target group’ approaches to planning.
It will help in bringing balanced regional development which in turn has multiple benefits.
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