Agricultural and regional planning.

A strong case has been made out for regional planning in recent years. Agricultural planning is an important part of the national planning of a country. The present book deals with the problems of regional plan ning and manpower planning in the context of both India and Nepal. It is because of the lack of spatial planning that the social and economic structure of the country is still not motivated towards rapid economic change in some regions. The result is that we find unbalanced develop ment in the country.

The various indicators of inter-state disparities and the extent of regional imbalance prevailing in the economy have been analysed in this book. The strategy of agricultural development in Bihar and Nepal and various factors which are responsible for the backwardness of Bihar have been analysed. The book also discusses the poverty alleviation programmes like IRDP and their impact on the generation of employment oppor tunities.

The problems discussed in the book will be found of immense help to students, teachers, researchers and all those interested in the problems of agricultural and regional planning.