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How far did the Community Development Projects help in realising the goals of planned change? Examine critically
- UPSC 1995
- Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India
The Community Development Programme, launched on 2 October 1952, was independent India's first exercise in planned social change: a deliberate, state-directed attempt to transform village economy, society and attitudes through extension rather than coercion. By the close of the First Plan, 603 National Extension Service blocks and 553 community development blocks covered about 1,57,000 villages…
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- The goals of planned change
- What the projects achieved
- Why it fell short of planned change
- Conclusion
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