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www.GOALias.blogspot.comPolitics of Planned Development 634. Match the following.(a) Charan Singh i. Industrialisation(b) P C Mahalanobis ii. Zoning(c) Bihar Famine iii. Farmers(d) Verghese Kurien iv. Milk Cooperatives5. What were the major differences in the approach towards developmentat the time of Independence? Has the debate been resolved?6. What was the major thrust of the First Five Year Plan? In which waysdid the Second Plan differ from the first one?7. What was the Green Revolution? Mention two positive and twonegative consequences of the Green Revolution.8. State the main arguments in the debate that ensued betweenindustrialisation and agricultural development at the time of theSecond Five Year Plan.9. “Indian policy makers made a mistake by emphasising the role ofstate in the economy. India could have developed much better ifprivate sector was allowed a free play right from the beginning”. Givearguments for or against this proposition.10. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:“In the early years of Independence, two contradictory tendencieswere already well advanced inside the Congress party. On the onehand, the national party executive endorsed socialist principlesof state ownership, regulation and control over key sectors of theeconomy in order to improve productivity and at the same time curbeconomic concentration. On the other hand, the national Congressgovernment pursued liberal economic policies and incentives toprivate investment that was justified in terms of the sole criterion ofachieving maximum increase in production. “ — FRANCINE FRANKEL(a) What is the contradiction that the author is talking about?What would be the political implications of a contradiction likethis?(b) If the author is correct, why is it that the Congress waspursuing this policy? Was it related to the nature of theopposition parties?(c) Was there also a contradiction between the central leadershipof the Congress party and its Sate level leaders?EXERCISES