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With reference to typical examples, assess why regional planning in India is important for island territories for their sustainable development.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Regional Development and Planning

Four tests: can the instrument set a ceiling, allocate a shared resource, treat loss as irreversible, price remoteness? Sectoral schemes fail all four.

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  • The criteria of assessment
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  • Andaman and Nicobar — a ceiling imposed from outside
  • Lakshadweep — a lagoon economy against a reef limit
  • Great Nicobar — the adjudicated controversy
  • Judgement

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