caa a22 4500 397576358 CHVBK 20180308164857.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199607 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/cdj/31.3.201 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/cdj/31.3.201 Dhesi Autar S. Punjab School of Economics From Centralised to Decentralised Development in India: The Communitarian Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Autar S. Dhesi] This paper examines the nature of the development strategy, adopted by India after independence, its evolution and performance. Then it discusses the recent changes in approach to development, with a shift from centralised to indicative planning in the Eighth Plan. The new approach explicitly recognizes the importance of people's initiative, and the role of non-governmental organizations in development. At the end, the contribution of two institutions to skill generation, and transfer of technology in the rural areas is discussed. These institutions exemplify the synthesis of modernity and tradition becoming a powerful instrument of socioeconomic change. The motive force has been the largely-ignored communitarian spirit. If harnessed properly, it can help in wiping out misery from the face of humanity. © Oxford University Press Articles nationallicence Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/3(1996-07), 201-213 0010-3802 31:3<201 1996 31 cdj https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.3.201 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.3.201 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Dhesi Autar S. Punjab School of Economics NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/3(1996-07), 201-213 0010-3802 31:3<201 1996 31 cdj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford