India: resources, agriculture, industry and transport
Planning and regional development
Concepts to cover
- Sectoral and regional planning; target area and target group approaches
- Hill Area Development, Drought Prone Area Programme, Tribal sub-plan
- Bharmaur (Gaddi) tribal area development case
- Indira Gandhi Canal command area: agricultural change, waterlogging and salinity
Where to study
India: People and Economy, Class XII, chapter 6: Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 6, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context, p. 1-9 (book pages 66-74)
- ch. 6, Target Area Planning, p. 2 (book page 67)
- ch. 6, Hill Area Development Programme, p. 2-3 (book pages 67-68)
- ch. 6, Drought Prone Area Programme, p. 2 (book page 67)
- ch. 6, Bharmaur, p. 3-5 (book pages 68-70)
- ch. 6, Indira Gandhi Canal (Nahar) Command Area, p. 7-8 (book pages 72-73)